By Laura Leslie. Raleigh, N.C. â Car repairs, home improvement jobs and appliance delivery and installation got a little more expensive in North Carolina on Tuesday. State and local sales tax is now collected on some labor charges. In Wake County, that's an extra 6.75 percent for a mechanic's time or the installation fees charged by Home Depot, Lowe's Home Improvement and others.
Invocation is defined as the act of appealing to a higher authority for help. An example of invocation is when you turn to an authority for help in proving your point, invoking or relying on the authority.
The phrase  bell, book, and candle  refers to a Latin Christian method of excommunication by anathema, imposed on a person who had committed an exceptionally grievous sin.Evidently introduced by Pope Zachary around the middle of the 8th century, the rite was once used by the Roman Catholic Church. The Bell of Opening, The Book of the Dead, and the Candelabrum of Invocation are used by the player in the game of NetHack (1987) to perform the Invocation Ritual and reach the lowest dungeon level.