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Anson was one of 97 North Carolina counties in which unemployment decreased during the month of September. The September 2012 unemployment rate for Anson was 11.8 percent, according to figures released Friday by the North Carolina Department of Commerce — Labor and Economic Analysis Division. That's down 1.2 percent from the August rate of 13.0 percent.
The county report comes on the same day as the U.S. Labor Department's unemployment report, also released Friday morning, which shows that more companies were hiring in October, for a total of 171,000 new jobs, but the unemployment rate inched up from 7.8 percent to 7.9 percent in September.
On the state level, North Carolina's unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) was 8.9 percent in September. This was a 0.8 of a percentage-point decrease from August's revised rate of 9.7 percent, and a 1.5 percentage-point decrease over the year.
Anson's neighboring counties all experienced declines in unemployment during the month of September. Richmond's unemployment rate fell from 12.7 percent in August to 12.3 in September, while Stanly's decreased from 9.8 to 9.1 and Union's unemployment declined from 8.3 to 7.6 percent. Currituck County had the state's lowest unemployment rate in at 5.1 percent, and Scotland County had the highest at 16.1 percent.
The state's unemployment rate for October will be released Nov. 16.


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Research on gun violence is staging a roaring comeback in the nation's leading medical journals, with a study published this week linking the strength of states' gun laws to varying rates of gun violence across the United States.
The new study, published "Online First" by JAMA Internal Medicine, looked at rates of violent deaths over four years -- from 2007 to 2010 -- and looked at how their distribution related to the patchwork of state laws governing gun ownership. It found that in those states with the most restrictive gun laws, rates of violent deaths were significantly lower than in those that had the least stringent laws on their books.
When it looked at gun deaths by suicide, the study found a particularly deep divide between stringent-gun-law states and states with few restrictions in gun laws: Compared with states that had a "legislative strength score" in the top quartile of restrictiveness (they have between nine and 24 gun control laws on their books), those states with a legislative strength score in the bottom quartile (having zero to two gun-control laws on their books) had on average 6.25 more gun suicides per 100,000 people.
The gap in homicide deaths between states with most-restrictive and least-restrictive gun laws was far narrower. In the most restrictive states, there was on average one fewer gun-related homicide for every 250,000 people.
A commentary on the study, also published "Online First" in JAMA Internal Medicine, said that as scientific research and as a guidepost to policymaking on guns, the study has major shortcomings and that its findings were unclear.
Gun violence expert Dr. Garen Wintemute wrote that the key measure of states' laws -- the legislative strength score -- hasn't been proved reliable and meaningful. The study treats all gun laws as if they should have equal impact, he added. The authors, he wrote, fail to take into account the flow of guns across state borders, or the fact that states with restrictive laws probably have lower rates of gun ownership.
Because gun laws are largely designed to prevent or deter the criminal use of guns, the study's most notable findings -- linking gun laws to reduced suicides -- makes no sense, wrote Wintemute, an emergency physician and director of UC Davis' Violence Prevention Research Program.
The authors, wrote Wintemute "did well with the data available to them." But in the end, they can provide "no firm guidance" about which gun laws work to reduce violence and how.
In bemoaning the quality of data and research on gun violence, Wintemute turned both barrels on the firearms industry and its allies in Congress. Though such research was thriving into the early 1990s, lawmakers working with the National Rifle Assn. spearheaded an effort to "choke off the production of the evidence" that could be used to craft effective violence-reduction policy, he wrote.
Those efforts to cut off federal funds for research succeeded, and "when rates of firearms violence were at historic highs and appeared to be increasing, the government abandoned its commitment to understanding the problem and devising evidence-based solutions," Wintemute wrote.
Since the shootings in Newtown Conn., that claimed 28 lives, and the mass shootings across the county that claimed 58 lives in 2012, physicians and public health researchers have grown increasingly vocal about their role in shaping policy -- including gun measures -- that will reduce violent injuries and deaths. In the journals published by the American Medical Assn., these are the fourth and fifth articles to address gun violence.
But "with almost no funding for firearm violence research, there are almost no researchers," Wintemute wrote.
For now, that may mean there's more commentary than solid research to publish in the nation's leading medical journals. "Until we revitalize firearms research, studies using available data will often be the best we have. They are not good enough," Wintemute wrote.
By the way, states in the top quartile of "legislative strength" were: Massachusetts, California, New Jersey and Connecticut, New York, Hawaii, Maryland, Rhode Island, Illinois, Michigan and Delaware. In the bottom quartile were Utah, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alaska, Idaho, Arizona, West Virginia, South Dakota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas.


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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:37 am
Post subject: Thanksgiving Day Rides
My wife and I are headed down to SF valley area tomorrow and are looking for a Turkey Day ride. It's tradition up here in Santa Rosa to duke it out on the local big climb when everyone's supposed to be out of shape. Anything similar down south?
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If you know of good Turkey Day rides in your area post those here.
I am getting some requests from riders (like above) that are looking to burn some calories while visting SoCal and enjoying Thanksgiving.
I do know of a mountain bike ride in my area that starts at the top of Mt. Baldy that goes down the Sunset trail to La Verne. I think it starts at 8 am and it starts at the trail near the parking lot at the end of Glendora Ridge Road.
I have never done it in all my years, but heard it's really fun. If anyone has more details please let us know.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:46 pm
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There is a ride leaving Sierra Madre Thursday morning at 8am.
starting at Sierra Vista Park 611 E Sierra Madre Blvd
Sierra Madre (between Baldwin and Santa Anita) - meet in the parking lot
The ride will do a reverse Montrose route to hwy 39, climb up to East Fork, take East Fork to the backside of Glendora Mountain Road and down GMR back to Sierra Madre.
The ride is associated with people from PAA, but as far as I know it's open to everyone.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:26 pm
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Turkey Day Ride , aka Turkey Trot,
This is a mountain bike ride! starts at the entrance of Turnbull Canyon in Whittier, X-Streets- Beverly and Painter, Park on Beverly just east of Painter... The ride goes from Turnbull Canyon to Schabarum Park and back, distance is about 20 miles roundtrip, Lots of Hills as much UP as there is down, plenty of areas to cut out if it becomes to difficult, Riders leave promptly at 8am, A few groups usually form- fastest to not so fastest... so all levels usually sort themselves out and end up at the turn around to start the ride back from the park... HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
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You can just ride Mulholland west from Las Virgenes and piece together hills as you see fit. That's what i do every time i visit my folks. There always seems to be a few riders out.
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CA Pools Racing is Climbing Mount Palomar from Temecula
Thanksgiving 8.00am November 27th Palomar Mountain (Very Hilly)
Meeting at the parking lot on Meadows/Apis, Temecula, at 7.30 am if you wish to car pool to Hwy 76. Meeting at 7.00am if you want to ride down Pala Grade and risk the narrow shoulders on Hwy 76 east. Meeting at 8.00am at Jilbertos restaurant on the South side of Hwy 79.
Ride east on hwy 76 for about three miles then the climbing starts, take the left turn Palomar Mountain Road, ride till your legs are toasted. Hopefully you will be at the top. Turn left to the store and continue on to the observation telescope. Return to the store and turn left for the long ride down the east grade and back up again. Cross the intersection and continue on the long fourteen mile descent, careful right onto the highway 76, and continue down, and along to Jilbertos.
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Here's a few Thanksgiving Day Rides that were forwarded to me.
Mount Baldy to San Dimas Mountain Bike Ride
The ride starts at the Cow Canyon Saddle (near where GMR and Mt. Baldy Road meet) at 8 am, then gathers at another saddle 2 miles up for a brief Thanksgiving celebration. The ride then "flys" down the Sunset Ridge and regroups at the bottom, at the top of Wheeler in San Dimas. Some riders ride up the Sunset Ridge trail from the top of Wheeler or ride up Mt. Baldy Road and meet up there, but most drive up, and are picked up at the bottom.
Velo Allegro Ride
The Velo Allegro Ride rides from Long Beach to Whittier, then screams back to Long Beach in long time tradition! The ride starts at 7:30 at the Marina parking lot near PCH and 2nd Street in Long Beach and has 2 rest stops. The ride returns at approximately 11:30 am.
58th Annual M*G*E Racing/SDBC Turkey Ride & Hunt
The San Diego Bicycle Club and Ralph Elliott, organize the 58th Annual M*G*E Racing/SDBC Turkey Ride & Hunt to Elfin Forest on Thanksgiving Day; 60 miles, No fee, No patch, No sag, just a good "old fashion fun ride"- and a great way to get ready to pig- out later in the day! The ride starts at 8:30am sharp from the La Jolla Village Square, UC Cyclery, Nobel Dr. off the I-5, and goes up the coast highway to La Costa, thru Elfin Forest, into Escondido, and back over Lake Hoges, RB, Poway, and Miramar Rd to Finish at UC Cyclery. Please ride safely, obey all traffic laws and never more than "two on a breast!" The object is to hunt turkeys, not be one! Happy Thanksgiving!
Agoura Hills Area
The ride leaves from the Starbucks in Agoura Hills at the corner of Thousand Oaks Blvd and Kanan at 8:00. The ride is about 40 miles with some rollers and a small climb with a regroup at the top of the climb.
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yearly bump, see you Thursday!!
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Just posted some info on a few Thanksgiving Day Rides going on this year. If anyone know of more please feel free to add. Thanks!
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yearly bump, looks like it's not going to rain, should be a fun ride! Turnbull to Schabarum, approx 22 miles round trip, come on out and join us. 8am sharp.
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