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Beginning with September 2013 vehicle registrations your vehicle property tax will be due at the same time your vehicle registration is due. The due date will be printed on the new combined renewal notice that you receive in the mail from DMV. In the current system, you are billed from the tax office 90 days after you renew or register your vehicle for your 12 month registration period. In the new system, taxes are due on the combined notice at the same time you renew your tag. These taxes are covering a different 12 month registration period and are to be paid to the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles. This tax billing change may cause you to pay vehicle taxes twice on the same vehicle in less than 12 months but each tax amount represents a separate 12 month registration period. Only the date that taxes are due is changing with the new law.
Once your vehicle becomes part of the Tag and Tax Together program and you have received the combined notice, you will no longer be able to pay your vehicle tax at the county tax office. Payments to NCDMV may be made online at www.ncdot.gov/dmv/vehicle , by mail to the address listed on the renewal notice, or in person at your local license plate agency. The tax office will still handle value questions, appeals, and prorated refunds for the sale of a vehicle or a registration out of state. For more information, please see our FAQ's section located on the Tax Administration home page or contact the tax office at 336-703-2300 option 2.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even as the economy shows signs of improvement and poverty levels off, new U.S. census data suggests the gains are halting and uneven. Depending on education, race, income and even marriage, not all segments of the population are seeing an economic turnaround.
Poverty is on the rise in single-mother families. More people are falling into the lowest-income group. And after earlier signs of increased mobility, fewer people are moving as homeownership declined for a fifth straight year.
"We're in a selective recovery," said William H. Frey, a Brookings Institution demographer who analyzed the numbers.
The annual U.S. survey of socioeconomic indicators covers all of last year, representing the third year of a postrecession rebound.
The figures, released Thursday, also show a slightly faster pace of growth in the foreign-born population, which increased to 40.8 million, or 13 percent of the U.S. Last year's immigration increase of 440,000 people was a reversal of a 2011 dip in the influx, when many Mexicans already in the U.S. opted to return home.
Many of the newer immigrants are now higher-skilled workers from Asian countries such as China and India. The number of immigrants in the U.S. with less than a high school diploma, who make up the bulk of the total foreign-born population, fell slightly in 2012 to 10.8 million. Immigrants with bachelor's degrees or higher rose by more than 4 percent to 9.8 million.
In all, 21 states saw declines last year in their Hispanic foreign-born population, led by New Mexico, Illinois and Georgia.
The number of Americans in poverty remained largely unchanged at a record 46.5 million. Single-mother families in poverty increased for the fourth straight year to 4.1 million, or 41.5 percent, coinciding with longer-term trends of declining marriage and out-of-wedlock births. Many of these mothers are low income with low education. The share of married-couple families in poverty remained unchanged at 2.1 million, or 8.7 percent.
By race or ethnicity, a growing proportion of poor children are Hispanic, a record 37 percent of the total. Whites make up 30 percent, blacks 26 percent.
Nearly 2.2 million children were poor in California last year, the most of any state, but the child poverty rate was highest in Mississippi, where more than 1 in 3 children was poor. Nationwide, child poverty stood at 21.8 percent, unchanged from the previous year.
"Stubbornly high child poverty rates in the wake of the Great Recession suggest we have not yet turned the corner three years after its official end," said Marybeth Mattingly, director of research on vulnerable families at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey Institute.
The numbers also reflect widening economic inequality, an issue President Barack Obama has pledged would be a top priority of his administration to address. Upward mobility in the U.S. has been hurt by a tight job market and the longer-term disappearance of midskill jobs due to globalization and automation.
The new census data shows that lower-income households are a steadily increasing share of the population, while middle- to higher-income groups shrank or were flat.
In 2012, households earning less than $24,999 made up 24.4 percent of total households, up from 21.7 percent four years earlier. The share of households earning $50,000 to $99,999 slipped from 31.2 percent to 29.9 percent. Top-income households making more than $200,000 dipped less, from 5 percent to 4.6 percent over that period.
The still-weak economy also meant fewer household moves in 2012.
After showing signs of increased migration in 2011, fewer Americans were on the move, many because of few job opportunities or the inability to buy a home.
U.S. migration fell by 0.2 percent in 2012 after edging up the previous year. While the number of longer-distance moves remained steady at 2.3 percent, moves within a county edged lower to 9 percent, particularly among young adults 18-34.
Demographers say that suggests eroding career opportunities and a diminished ability to buy a home. Young adults typically make long-distance moves to seek a new career, while those who make local moves often do so when buying a home.
Homeownership declined for the fifth year in the row to 63.9 percent.
"Many Americans continue to think that a rising tide lifts all boats," said Sheldon Danziger, a University of Michigan economist. "But the bad news is that given the way economic growth trickles down now, the number of poor and disadvantaged will remain high unless we do more to help those in need."
With poverty remaining high, food stamp use continued to climb. Roughly 15.8 million, or 13.6 percent of U.S. households, received food stamps, the highest level on record. Just over half of these households, or 52 percent, were below poverty and 44 percent had one or more people with a disability.
By state, Oregon led the nation in food stamp use at 20.1 percent, or 1 in 5, due in part to generous state provisions that expand food stamp eligibility to families. Oregon was followed by more rural or more economically hard-hit states, including Mississippi, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan and Tennessee. Wyoming had the fewest households on food stamps, at 7 percent.
In 45 states and the District of Columbia, poverty rates remained steady at high levels. Mississippi, the poorest state in the nation, was one of just three states posting increases, from 22.6 percent to 24.2 percent. California and New Hampshire were the others.
In Minnesota and Texas, the percentage of people in poverty declined.
Among the 25 largest metropolitan areas, the Washington, D.C., area had the highest median household income in 2012 at $88,233, followed by the San Francisco and Boston metro areas. The Tampa-St. Petersburg metro area had the lowest median house income at $44,402.
The official poverty level is based on a government calculation that includes only income before tax deductions. It excludes noncash government aid such as food stamps. Counting food stamps would have boosted 4 million people, lowering the U.S. poverty rate to 13.7 percent.


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Afghan troops south of Kabul last week discovered one of the most elaborate and frightening improvised explosive device (IED) traps that American troops have ever heard of or come across.
On the morning of Oct. 18, an Afghan National Army patrol received a tip that a body bag with human remains was lying near a graveyard in Pul-e Alam, the capital of Logar province.
The Afghans went to investigate and found a blood-covered body bag with what looked like a pair of pants sticking out of it.
According to U.S. troops, as the Afghan forces were investigating the scene, they heard a cellphone ring. It turned out to be a detonator for a bomb placed in a tree near the bag.
But it was a dud and didn't explode –- otherwise it could have had deadly results.
The Afghan army immediately backed away from the scene and then re-approached with vehicles armed with radio-jamming equipment. This prevented any further radio-controlled bombs from being detonated.
They proceeded to investigate the site and found that the body bag contained two 18-liter jugs filled with explosive material connected to a cellphone detonator. They found several other similar devices buried around the scene.
The Afghan troops successfully cleared the site.
This scene highlights how insurgents continue to adapt and experiment with new tactics and approaches. The roadside bombs come in all shapes and sizes, and have grown more sophisticated and more lethal.
There are IEDs set off by trip wires, pressure plates (similar to the way landmines work), timers and, as in this case, by cellphones.
Insurgents hide them in culverts, bury them in roads and sometimes place them in walls or inside dead animals. In some cases, they are even put inside dead people.
U.S. forces point out that Afghans are getting better and better at detecting and disarming these bombs. Several troops said that Afghans are better at detecting them than Americans. Despite the prevalence of these bombs, a decreasing percentage detonate and cause damage.
Still, U.S. troops say that Afghan forces tend to have predictable patterns when they patrol, and insurgents are placing the bombs where Afghan soldiers regularly dismount their vehicles. This is one of the habits U.S. troops are trying to get Afghan forces to break.
The U.N. says that IEDs have killed more than 340 civilians this year and injured at least 600.
(NPR's Sean Carberry, who is based in Kabul, recently traveled with U.S. forces in Logar province. NPR's Aimal Yaqubi also contributed to this report.)
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My dear friends,
I extend special greetings of peace to the Jewish community in the United States and throughout the world as you prepare to celebrate the annual feast of Pesaḥ. My visit to this country has coincided with this feast, allowing me to meet with you personally and to assure you of my prayers as you recall the signs and wonders God performed in liberating his chosen people. Motivated by our common spiritual heritage, I am pleased to entrust to you this message as a testimony to our hope centered on the Almighty and his mercy.
To the Jewish community on the Feast of Pesaḥ
My visit to the United States offers me the occasion to extend a warm and heartfelt greeting to my Jewish brothers and sisters in this country and throughout the world. A greeting that is all the more spiritually intense because the great feast of Pesah is approaching. "This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance for ever" (Exodus 12: 14). While the Christian celebration of Easter differs in many ways from your celebration of Pesah, we understand and experience it in continuation with the biblical narrative of the mighty works which the Lord accomplished for his people.
At this time of your most solemn celebration, I feel particularly close, precisely because of what Nostra Aetate calls Christians to remember always: that the Church "received the revelation of the Old Testament through the people with whom God in His inexpressible mercy concluded the Ancient Covenant. Nor can she forget that she draws sustenance from the root of that well-cultivated olive tree onto which have been grafted the wild shoots, the Gentiles" (Nostra Aetate, 4). In addressing myself to you I wish to re-affirm the Second Vatican Council's teaching on Catholic-Jewish relations and reiterate the Church's commitment to the dialogue that in the past forty years has fundamentally changed our relationship for the better.
Because of that growth in trust and friendship, Christians and Jews can rejoice together in the deep spiritual ethos of the Passover, a memorial (zikkarôn) of freedom and redemption. Each year, when we listen to the Passover story we return to that blessed night of liberation. This holy time of the year should be a call to both our communities to pursue justice, mercy, solidarity with the stranger in the land, with the widow and orphan, as Moses commanded: "But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this" (Deuteronomy 24: 18).
At the Passover Sèder you recall the holy patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the holy women of Israel, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachael and Leah, the beginning of the long line of sons and daughters of the Covenant. With the passing of time the Covenant assumes an ever more universal value, as the promise made to Abraham takes form: "I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing... All the communities of the earth shall find blessing in you" (Genesis 12: 2-3). Indeed, according to the prophet Isaiah, the hope of redemption extends to the whole of humanity: "Many peoples will come and say: 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths'" (Isaiah 2: 3). Within this eschatological horizon is offered a real prospect of universal brotherhood on the path of justice and peace, preparing the way of the Lord (cf. Isaiah 62: 10).
Christians and Jews share this hope; we are in fact, as the prophets say, "prisoners of hope" (Zachariah 9: 12). This bond permits us Christians to celebrate alongside you, though in our own way, the Passover of Christ's death and resurrection, which we see as inseparable from your own, for Jesus himself said: "salvation is from the Jews" (John 4: 22). Our Easter and your Pesah, while distinct and different, unite us in our common hope centered on God and his mercy. They urge us to cooperate with each other and with all men and women of goodwill to make this a better world for all as we await the fulfillment of God's promises.
With respect and friendship, I therefore ask the Jewish community to accept my Pesaḥ greeting in a spirit of openness to the real possibilities of cooperation which we see before us as we contemplate the urgent needs of our world, and as we look with compassion upon the sufferings of millions of our brothers and sisters everywhere. Naturally, our shared hope for peace in the world embraces the Middle East and the Holy Land in particular. May the memory of God's mercies, which Jews and Christians celebrate at this festive time, inspire all those responsible for the future of that region—where the events surrounding God's revelation actually took place—to new efforts, and especially to new attitudes and a new purification of hearts!


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The Bells |
A striking component of Orthodox worship is the ringing of bells. Every daily cycle of public divine services starts with the ringing of bells and no one who has witnessed the procession around the church at Holy Pascha can forget the almost continuous ringing of all the church bells. In Pre-Revolutionary Moscow, for example, travelers invariably commented on the stirring clamor of the more than 1600 bells of the city ringing simultaneously at the Pascha of Our Lord. Usually a separate structure, the Bell Tower, was constructed to contain the bells, but more often in modern times a belfry is erected over the entrance to the church building, within which the bells are placed. The purpose of ringing the bells is to call the faithful to services, to inform those absent from divine services of the various important liturgical moments of the services, as well as calling the worshippers to concentrated attention at these same moments. It is also used to signal the arrival of the Archpastor at the church or monastery. There are four basic types of bell-ringing in the Russian Church: The Announcement (Blagovest announcing); the Peal (Trezvon three bells); Chain-ringing (Perezvon across (or linked) bells); and the Toll (Perebor broken (or interrupted). The Announcement (Blagovest').This is a slow rhythmic, unhurried striking of one bell, which is usually rung for the announcing of the beginning of services: Before the All-Night Vigil (also accompanied by the Trezvon); before each group of services of the daily cycle (9th Hour Vespers Compline; Nocturns Matins 1st Hour; 3rd Hour 6th Hour Liturgy or Typical Psalms); and before Great Compline). The Announcement is also employed at other important moments of the services. For example, there are Twelve strikes for the twelve parts of the Creed and also before It is truly meet... of the Divine Liturgy; before the Molieben (if there be) following the Liturgy. During Great Lent on weekdays, the Announcement Bell is rung at the 3rd, 6th, and 9th Hours, as well as at Great Compline three strikes for the 3rd Hour, six for the 6th Hour, nine for the 9th Hour, and twelve for Great Compline. During Passion Week, the Announcement Bell is rung at the beginning of each Passion Gospel (Holy Friday Matins), according to the number of the Gospel one strike for the first, two for the second, etc. (At the conclusion of the reading of the Passion Gospels, the Trezvon is rung.) At the Royal Hours of Holy Friday, the Bell is rung three strikes for the 3rd Hour, six for the 6th and nine for the 9th. Before the Divine Liturgy, the Announcement Bell is rung until the Hours begin (usually accompanied by twelve recitations of Psalm 51 for twelve strikes of the Bell or the recitation of Psalm 119), usually about one-half hour before the Liturgy. The Peal (Trezvon).This is the ringing of bells in three modes, three times repeating a musical measure with a definite harmony of many selected bells. The Peal is used at the beginning of major services: Combined with the Announcement, the Peal is rung at the beginning of the All-Night Vigil, at Matins, before the Six Psalms, the Gospel, and at the end of the Vigil. At the Liturgy the Peal is rung after the 6th Hour and before the actual start of the Liturgy and after the conclusion of the Liturgy. If there be a Molieben on the church or monastery Feast Day, the Peal is rung before and after it. It is also rung at the end of the reading of the Twelve Passion Gospels of Holy Friday Matins, as well as after the Gospel reading during the Liturgy of the first day of Holy Pascha. Chain-Ringing (Perezvon).This is a successive ringing of all the bells from the largest (lowest pitch) to the smallest (highest pitch), with the striking of each bell a number of times before the next bell is struck, and repeating this method several times. It is used before the Blessing of Waters, before the carrying-out of the Holy Cross on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Sept. 14) and the Third Sunday of Great Lent, as well as at the Hours before the Consecration of a Bishop. It is also rung, together with a short ringing of the Peal at the immersing of the Holy Cross during the Great Blessing of Waters and after the carrying-out of the Holy Cross to the center of the church. This mode of ringing is also used during the Vespers of Holy Friday when the Plaschanitsa is taken from the Altar to the center of the church, and also at the Great Doxology of the Matins of Holy Saturday when the Plaschanitsa is carried out around the church. (When the procession re-enters the church, the Peal follows.) Chain-Ringing is also used at the burial of Priests and Bishops. The Toll (Perebor).This is the slow tolling of each bell, beginning with the largest to the smallest and ending with a striking of all the bells at once. It is used at the carrying-out of the deceased from the church for burial and is known as the funeral toll. There is no Peal after the Toll. At the Hierarchical Liturgy, the Announcement is rung at the appointed time; then the Peal is rung at the arrival of the Bishop. The Announcement then continues to ring up to the time of the vesting of the Bishop. The Peal is rung again at the 6th Hour. |
Excerpt taken from "These Truths We Hold - The Holy Orthodox Church: Her Life and Teachings". Compiled and Edited by A Monk of St. Tikhon's Monastery. Copyright 1986 by the St. Tikhon's Seminary Press, South Canaan, Pennsylvania 18459. To order a copy of "These Truths We Hold" visit the St. Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary Bookstore. |


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What is a compression fracture?
A compression fracture is a type of fracture or break in your vertebrae. The vertebrae are the bones in your back that are stacked on top of each other to make your spine. Your spine supports your weight, allows you to move, and protects your spinal cord and the nerves that go from it to the rest of your body.
Compression fractures can cause the vertebrae to collapse, making them shorter in height. This collapse can also cause pieces of bone to press on the spinal cord and nerves, decreasing the amount of blood and oxygen that gets to the spinal cord.
What causes a compression fracture?
Osteoporosis is the most common cause of compression fractures. Osteoporosis is a type of bone loss that causes bones to break easily.
Other causes include injuries to the spine (such as from car accidents and sports injuries) and tumors in the spine. The tumor may start in the vertebrae. But more commonly it spreads there from another part of the body to the bone.
Who is at risk for a compression fracture?
Osteoporosis is the most common cause of compression fractures. Preventing and treating osteoporosis is the best way to decrease your risk for compression fractures. Most compression fractures linked to osteoporosis are found in women, especially after menopause. But older men develop osteoporosis and compression fractures, too.
People who have had one compression fracture related to osteoporosis are at a higher than average risk of having another one.
What are the symptoms of a compression fracture?
When compression fractures first start developing, they may not cause symptoms. A healthcare provider may discover them on an X-ray that you had done for other reasons. Later symptoms may include:
Slowly worsening back pain—lying on your back may relieve the pain and standing may make it worse
A decrease in your height
Limited movement in your spine (unable to bend or twist)
A stooped-over posture, called kyphosis. Often, the front side of the vertebra loses height, but the rear side doesn't. As a result, these fractures can cause your posture to stoop forward over time.
Numbness or tingling, weak muscles, problems walking, and possible trouble controlling your bowels or bladder because of nerve damage
If the fracture happens rapidly, you may feel sudden, severe, disabling back pain.
How is a compression fracture diagnosed?
Your healthcare provider will talk with you about your health history and recent injuries, and do a physical exam. They will check to see where you have pain and whether your upper spine is hunched forward. The healthcare provider may also want to get pictures of your spine using X-rays, CT scans, or MRI.
If your healthcare provider suspects osteoporosis, you may need a bone density scan. This is a special type of X-ray called a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). These tests show if osteoporosis is the cause of the fracture.
How is a compression fracture treated?
If your compression fracture is related to osteoporosis, your healthcare provider will want to treat the osteoporosis. You may need to take bone-strengthening medicine and calcium and vitamin D supplements. Physical therapy and exercises may be recommended, too. These things help make your bones stronger and can help prevent other fractures.
Other types of treatment include:
Pain medicine to relieve your back pain
Bed rest for a short time, followed by limited activity while your bones heal
Wearing a back brace
Physical therapy to help you move better and strengthen the muscles around your spine
Different types of surgery are available and may be needed if other treatments aren't helping:
Vertebroplasty. Using an X-ray for guidance, your surgeon uses a small needle to inject special quick-setting cement into your fractured vertebra. The cement provides support for the broken vertebra, strengthens the area, and usually results in pain relief.
Kyphoplasty. This surgery is a lot like vertebroplasty. But before the cement is injected, small balloons are used to expand the fractured space to help make the vertebra taller. The balloons are removed, and then the empty space is filled with cement.
If a cancerous tumor is causing your symptoms, you may need radiation therapy as well as surgery to remove some of the bone and treat the tumor. If an injury has caused the fracture, you may need surgery to repair the bone and join vertebrae together. This is a procedure called fusion.
What are possible complications of a compression fracture?
Complications of compression fractures include:
Fractured bones that do not heal after treatment, which can lead to damage of the nearby vertebrae
Blood clots in the legs due to decreased mobility
Kyphosis (a deformity also called dowager's hump or humpback) that can lead to severe pain and problems with organs in the chest (such as the heart, lungs, and digestive organs)
Spinal cord or nerve problems
Chronic (long-lasting) pain
What can I do to prevent a compression fracture?
Preventing osteoporosis, or treating it if you have it, is the best way to help prevent compression fractures. Talk with your healthcare provider about a bone density test to see if you are at risk for osteoporosis, and then find out what you can do about it. To reduce your risk for osteoporosis and certain types of cancer, don't smoke and limit alcohol use. Doing weight-bearing exercises to strengthen your muscles and bones, and balance exercises to reduce your risk of falling are important, too.
If you have osteoporosis and want to start an exercise program, check with your osteoporosis specialist first. Exercise is critical to overall health. But you may need to not do certain exercises or change them. This depends on how severe your osteoporosis is.
Living with a compression fracture
Compression fractures caused by osteoporosis usually become less painful with medicines and rest. They usually heal within 3 months. But some can cause long-term problems. Medicines to treat osteoporosis can help prevent fractures in the future, but they don't help heal an existing fracture. If you have osteoporosis, it's best to treat it before you develop any compression fractures.
In most cases, compression fractures caused by injuries heal in about 8 weeks. But it can take longer if surgery is needed.
Compression fractures caused by cancer have varying outcomes depending on the type of cancer and how well it responds to treatment.
When should I call my healthcare provider?
Call your healthcare provider if:
You have back pain and think you may have a compression fracture, especially if you know you have osteoporosis, have had an injury to your back, or have cancer
Your symptoms (such as pain, limited movement, numbness) keep getting worse
You have trouble controlling your bladder and bowel function
Key points about a compression fracture
A compression fracture is a type of fracture or break in your vertebrae (the bones that make up your spine).
Osteoporosis is the most common cause of compression fractures. Other causes include injuries to the spine and tumors.
Preventing and treating osteoporosis is the best way to decrease your risk for compression fractures.
When compression fractures first start developing, they may not cause symptoms.
Treatment of compression fractures may include medicine, rest, a back brace, or physical therapy. Sometimes, surgery is needed.
The risk of new fractures can be reduced by doing regular weight-bearing exercises that increase strength, and balance exercises that reduce the risk for falls.
If you have osteoporosis, check with your osteoporosis specialist before starting an exercise program.
Next steps
Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your healthcare provider:
Know the reason for your visit and what you want to happen.
Before your visit, write down questions you want answered.
Bring someone with you to help you ask questions and remember what your provider tells you.
At the visit, write down the name of a new diagnosis, and any new medicines, treatments, or tests. Also write down any new instructions your provider gives you.
Know why a new medicine or treatment is prescribed and how it will help you. Also know what the side effects are.
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Three bits of good news about jobs were just released.
"Private-sector employment increased by 201,000 from July to August on a seasonally adjusted basis," according to the latest ADP National Employment Report.
And ADP revised up its estimate of the job growth in July — to 173,000 from the 163,000 it previously reported.
"The August increase of 201,000, following a solid gain in July, supports the notion that the underlying trend in hiring has picked back up after slowing sharply during the spring," Joel Prakken, economist and chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers, says in the ADP report.
Also this morning, the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported that the number of layoffs announced by U.S. employers hit a 20-month low in August. It said that companies "announced plans to shed 32,239 workers from their payrolls in August ... the fewest number of monthly job cuts by US-based firms since December 2010, when layoffs totaled 32,004."
The firm cautioned against reading too much into the trend (layoffs have eased in recent months): "The three-month decline in the pace of downsizing may be further evidence of an improving economy or it may simply be a summer lull in jobcut activity."
Finally, the Employment and Training Administration just said that there were 365,000 first-time claims filed for jobless benefits last week, down from 377,000 the week before.
We'll hear much more about August's job growth and unemployment on Friday when the Bureau of Labor Statistics issues its data about the month. It's first swipe at July's figures put the unemployment rate at 8.3 percent and the number of jobs added to payrolls at 163,000.
While the ADP report and the BLS report have in recent months tended to generally agree on the job market trends, they don't necessarily track each other closely on the specifics. Bloomberg News says the median forecast of economist it has surveyed indicates BLS will report Friday that payrolls rose by 127,000 in August and the jobless rate stayed at 8.3 percent.
Prakken, though, says in the ADP report that the gain in jobs it detected "is strong enough to suggest that the national unemployment rate may have declined."
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With today's real estate market moving as fast as it is, working with a real estate professional is more essential than ever. They have the skills, experience, and expertise it takes to navigate the highly detailed and involved process of selling a home. That may be why the percentage of people who list their houses on their own, known as a FSBO or For Sale By Owner, has reached its lowest point since 1985 (see graph below):
Here are five reasons why selling with a real estate professional makes more sense, even in today's hot market:
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If you don't lean on their expertise, you may spend your time and money on something that isn't essential. That's because, in today's low-inventory market, buyers are willing to take on more of the renovation work themselves. A survey from Freddie Mac finds that:
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If you sell your house on your own, you may over or undershoot your asking price. That could mean you'll leave money on the table because you priced it too low or your house will sit on the market because you priced it too high. Pricing a house requires expertise. Investopedia explains it like this:
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Bottom Line
There's a lot that goes into selling your house. Instead of tackling it alone, let's connect so you have an expert on your side throughout the entire process.


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What in the world is that?! Apparently, these delicious Fastelavnsboller are a traditional Fastelavn treat in Denmark. From Wikipedia: "Fastelavn is the name for Carnival in Denmark which is the either Sunday or Monday before Ash Wednesday... This holiday occurs seven weeks before Easter Sunday and is sometimes described as a Nordic Halloween, with children dressing up in costumes and gathering treats for the Fastelavn feast. The holiday is generally considered to be a time for children's fun and family games..."
Cool! It looks like the festivities involve eating tasty treats, some very cool and colorful parades, children dressing up in costumes, and some weird parent-flogging activities. Hold your horses! What?! Yes, apparently kids fake-flog their parents to wake them up on the morning of Fastelavn Sunday. There is a hilarious image in my head of a snoring father, fast asleep and drooling, being harshly awaken by the fake-flogging of an over-excited five year old kid on a Fastelavnsboller sugar high!
Anyway, these amazingly delicious Fastelavnsboller (Fastelavns buns) are filled with almond paste, then baked, then cut in half and filled with whipped cream. View from the top...
Honestly, I only made enough cream (very soft buttercream really) for one bun, and left the rest of them naked. The whipped cream filled ones are very tasty, but I prefer the simplicity of the less-fattening ones, not that I give a flog about fat, but the almond paste filling really shines as the main character here.
The main recipe that I used for guidance is this one (scroll down a bit), but I deviated a lot from it and ended up with this version:
Fastelavnsboller - Makes only 4 buns (Adapted from House of Denmark)
Ingredients for the buns:
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
2 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp active-dry yeast
1/2 cup milk (I used oat milk)
2 tbsp Earth Balance or another non-hydrogenated margarine
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
If you are a proper yeast proofer, then you know what to do. If you're a lazy non-proofer like me, then stir together the flour, sugar, salt and yeast.
Measure the milk in a glass measuring jar or bowl and add the Earth Balance. Microwave on high for 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until the temperature of the milk is 110-115 degrees F. (I have an inexpensive meat thermometer that is my BFF)
Pour the milk and Earth Balance mix on top of the flour mix and stir until well combined. If you use a different type of milk or flour you will probably have to adjust the amount of liquid. The dough should be workable but not too sticky.
As a lazy non-kneader, I like to knead my yeast doughs inside the same bowl where I mixed the ingredients. So I don't really knead the stuff properly, and I really don't care. Just long enough until the dough is pretty smooth. If you're a proper kneader, then you know what to do.
Cover the bowl and let the dough rest for 45 minutes. The dough won't rise much at all. While you wait, prepare the almond filling.
Ingredients for the almond filling:
2 oz almond paste
1 oz Earth Balance
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
To prepare the almond filling, combine the almond paste and Earth Balance in a small glass bowl and microwave on high for a few seconds at a time until the Earth Balance is melted. Whisk or stir until the almond paste and EB are combined and stir in the vanilla extract. Refrigerate until you're ready to shape the Fastelavnsboller.
After you let the dough rest for 45 minutes, spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and divide the dough into four equal parts. Roll each part into a ball between your hands.
On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out each ball into a flat four inch circle. Scoop 1/4 of the almond paste mix right on the center of each circle.
Now you have to wrap the dough around the almond filling, which is tricky. I tried several methods, and I think the one that worked best for me was to bring all opposite sides of the dough up over the filling, much like a cheese danish, and then seal up all all the gaps by pinching the dough with my fingertips.
When all the gaps are closed, roll it between your hands to shape it like a ball again.
Make sure there are no big gaps left unsealed and place the buns smoothest-side-up on your baking sheet. Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F. Brush some agave or maple syrup all over the buns and let them rest for 30 minutes.
Bake the buns for 20-30 minutes or until the tops look golden brown. Remove the buns from the oven and transfer them to a cooling rack. If you left any big gaps unsealed, this will happen while they bake...
Not good! That's OK, that was just my first time, the second time I baked these there were no almond explosions.
I like brushing some cold water all over the buns as soon as they come out of the oven. It keeps them soft, but if you want them crusty you don't have to do that. And if you want to go for the whipped cream version, just let the buns come to room temperature, then cut the tops off and fill the buns with your favorite whipped cream or soft buttercream. Sprinkle a little powdered sugar on top for good measure.
Extreme close-up!
One more Denmark delight before I hop on a plane to my next destination: Rugbrød (Danish rye bread)! Oh. My. Rye!
This is quite odd, because I've never liked rye bread. I think the problem was the sourdough, not the rye itself, because I used this non-sourdough recipe (with flax seeds instead of caraway seeds) and now I am hooked! Oprah is to blame for this addiction, because she raved about Rugbrød on her show and I just had to try it. The woman brought home a gazillion loaves from her trip to Denmark. Did she leave Stedman's luggage in Denmark so she would have more room to bring home some carby goodness? Can't blame her!
By the way, I created an E.A.T World Flickr Group for those of us who have decided to expand our culinary horizons. You are more than welcome to join and add your own E.A.T World pictures.
One last thing: Krys from Two Vegan Boys and Andrea from Andrea's Easy Vegan Cooking gave me an Honest Scrap award, which basically means that they enjoy my blog! *GLEE!* How awesome! Thank you so much for my award, and thank you times a gazillion for letting me know that you enjoy my blog. It means the world to me to know that there are people who actually appreciate my ramblings and silliness, especially when I think I've lost my mojo. You ladies rock! :)
See you guys from my next destination! A hint? Pemberley! :)


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LOS ANGELESIt's an easy law to break, and dog cheats do. By strapping a vest or backpack that says "service animal" to their pet, anyone can go in stores and restaurants where other dogs are banned, creating growing problems for the disabled community and business owners and leading to calls for better identifying the real deal.
Those with disabilities are worried about privacy and the safety of their highly trained service dogs, while business owners are concerned about health violations and damage to merchandise from impostors abusing the system.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, it's a federal crime to use a fake dog. And about a fourth of all states have laws against service animal misrepresentation. But privacy protections built into the laws make it nearly impossible to prosecute offenders. It's even more difficult because no papers are legally required for real service dogs. Often, people who want to take their pets into restaurants or retail stores just go online to buy vests, backpacks or ID cards with a "service animal" insignia.
The law says those entering businesses with animals can be asked just two questions: Is this a service dog? What is it trained to do for you?
Efforts to make the law more prosecutable have begun, but few agree on what will work best. Ideas range from ditching privacy to doing nothing.
Corey Hudson, chief executive officer of Canine Companions for Independence in San Rafael and president of Assistance Dogs International, a coalition of training schools, is leading the effort to get the U.S. Department of Justice involved. He started writing to the agency 18 months ago but has not received a response.
Hudson wants to open talks and explore ways to identify the real from the phony.
But the International Association of Assistance Dog Partners in Michigan worries that bringing in the Justice Department could set back access rights won by those with disabilities in the past 20 years.
"While we deplore those who might be so unethical as to impersonate a disabled person by dressing their dog up as a service animal, we equally deplore the frenzy of alarm being stirred up about the risk of such abuse," said Joan Froling, chairwoman of the IAADP.
There needs to be a standard, said Jennifer Arnold, founder of Canine Assistants in Atlanta. "The sticky part is who will do the testing and what will be the criteria for allowing dogs to be considered assistance dogs."
An ID card might be the simplest answer, she said, adding that she doesn't think the loss of privacy will be the big issue that some think it will be.
There is a big difference in the behavior of real service dogs and impostors inside businesses, experts said. A true service dog becomes nearly invisible. Pets might bark, urinate, sniff, scratch and eat off the floor.
Real service dogs can be the victims of unruly fakes, said Wallis Brozman, 27, of Santa Rosa. She has dystonia, a movement disorder that left her unable to walk and barely able to talk. She needs a wheelchair, voice amplifier and her service dog, Caspin, who responds to English and sign language.
"When my dog is attacked by an aggressive dog, he is not sure what to do about it and looks to me. It becomes a safety issue, not only for my dog, the target of the attack, but for me if I am between the dogs," Brozman said.
Business owners also face problems. In August, Russell Ireland banned a dog from his Oxford, Mass., diner after its owner put a plate of food on the floor for the dog.
James Glasser claimed it was a legitimate service animal and took part in a boycott of the diner. There was talk of a lawsuit. Ireland apologized. The dog's actual status is unclear.
Cook Justin Fisher said his boss' reputation took a beating. Business is just now returning to normal.
Marv Tuttle, a volunteer guide at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, said he believes he spots phony service dogs two or three times a week. He has also experienced the other side. Tuttle uses a service dog, Yara, because of a spinal cord injury from a traffic accident, and he and his wife were once stopped from entering a furniture store. "A girl greeted us and said she'd be glad to hold my dog outside," he said.
The clerk told them that two weeks earlier, a fake was allowed in the store and urinated on several expensive Indian carpets.
In terms of solving the dilemma, Tuttle doesn't think any kind of legislation will work.
"They can write new laws, but there is no way to enforce them. We don't have enough police to stop murders, much less stop people from hauling around pseudo service dogs," he said.


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This summary of the book of Romans provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of Romans.
The writer of this letter was the apostle Paul (see 1:1 and note). No voice from the early church was ever raised against his authorship. The letter contains a number of historical references that agree with known facts of Paul's life. The doctrinal content of the book is typical of Paul, which is evident from a comparison with other letters he wrote.
The book was probably written in the early spring of a.d. 57. Very likely Paul was on his third missionary journey, ready to return to Jerusalem with the offering from the mission churches for poverty-stricken believers in Jerusalem (see 15:25-27 and notes). In 15:26 it is suggested that Paul had already received contributions from the churches of Macedonia and Achaia, so he either was at Corinth or had already been there. Since he had not yet been at Corinth (on his third missionary journey) when he wrote 1 Corinthians (cf. 1Co 16:1-4) and the collection issue had still not been resolved when he wrote 2 Corinthians (2Co 8-9), the writing of Romans must follow that of 1,2 Corinthians (dated c. 55).
The most likely place of writing is either Corinth or Cenchrea (about six miles away) because of references to Phoebe of Cenchrea (see 16:1 and note) and to Gaius, Paul's host (see 16:23 and note), who was probably a Corinthian (see 1Co 1:14). Erastus (see 16:23 and note) may also have been a Corinthian (see 2Ti 4:20).
The original recipients of the letter were the people of the church at Rome (1:7), who were predominantly Gentile. Jews, however, must have constituted a substantial minority of the congregation (see 4:1; chs. 9 - 11; see also note on 1:13). Perhaps Paul originally sent the entire letter to the Roman church, after which he or someone else used a shorter form (chs. 1 - 14 or 1-15) for more general distribution. See note on 2Pe 3:15; see also map, p. 2314.
Paul's primary theme in Romans is the basic gospel, God's plan of salvation and righteousness for all humankind, Jew and Gentile alike (see 1:16-17 and notes). Although justification by faith has been suggested by some as the theme, it would seem that a broader theme states the message of the book more adequately. "Righteousness from God" (1:17) includes justification by faith, but it also embraces such related ideas as guilt, sanctification and security.
Paul's purposes for writing this letter were varied:
When Paul wrote this letter, he was probably at Corinth (see Ac 20:2-3 and notes) on his third missionary journey. His work in the eastern Mediterranean was almost finished (see 15:18-23), and he greatly desired to visit the Roman church (see 1:11-12; 15:23-24). At this time, however, he could not go to Rome because he felt he must personally deliver the collection taken among the Gentile churches for the poverty-stricken Christians of Jerusalem (see 15:25-28 and notes). So instead of going to Rome, he sent a letter to prepare the Christians there for his intended visit in connection with a mission to Spain (see 15:23-24 and note on 15:24). For many years Paul had wanted to visit Rome to minister there (see 1:13-15), and this letter served as a careful and systematic theological introduction to that hoped-for personal ministry. Since he was not acquainted directly with the Roman church, he says little about its problems (but see 14:1 -- 15:13; cf. also 13:1-7; 16:17-18).
Paul begins by surveying the spiritual condition of all people. He finds Jews and Gentiles alike to be sinners and in need of salvation. That salvation has been provided by God through Jesus Christ and his redemptive work on the cross. It is a provision, however, that must be received by faith -- a principle by which God has always dealt with humankind, as the example of Abraham shows. Since salvation is only the beginning of Christian experience, Paul moves on to show how believers are freed from sin, law and death -- a provision made possible by their union with Christ in both death and resurrection and by the indwelling presence and power of the Holy Spirit. Paul then shows that Israel too, though presently in a state of unbelief, has a place in God's sovereign redemptive plan. Now she consists of only a remnant, allowing for the conversion of the Gentiles, but the time will come when "all Israel will be saved" (11:26; see note there). The letter concludes with an appeal to the readers to work out their Christian faith in practical ways, both in the church and in the world. None of Paul's other letters states so profoundly the content of the gospel and its implications for both the present and the future.
From the NIV Study Bible, Introductions to the Books of the Bible, Romans
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