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I once heard this one NPR.
A natural form of aspirin comes from the anal gland of a beaver.
A natural form of aspirin comes from the anal gland of a beaver.
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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700150925/Illegal-immigration-Mexicans-choosing-to-stay-at-home.html
Illegal immigration: Mexicans choosing to stay at home
Published: Monday, July 11, 2011 1:19 p.m. MDT
By Elizabeth Stuart, Deseret News
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Interest in leaving Mexico to immigrate to the United States is the lowest it's been since 1950, according to recent research from Princeton University.
"No one wants to hear it, but the flow (of illegal traffic) has already stopped," said Douglas S. Massey, co-director of the Mexican Migration Project at Princeton, an extensive, long-term survey in Mexican emigration hubs. "For the first time in 60 years, the net traffic has gone to zero and is probably a little bit negative."
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Fewer Mexicans entered the United States last year than left, according to the nonpartisan Pew Center. The number of Mexican immigrants living in the United States without papers dropped from a high of 7 million in 2007 to 6.5 million in 2010. Illegal border crossings and visa violations dropped from a 2004 high of 525,000 to just 100,000.
"I don't think anybody would have predicted the kind of fall-off we've had," Wayne Cornelius, co-director of the University of California's Center on Migration and Health, told The San Diego Union-Tribune. "We didn't anticipate this sharpest economic contraction. We are in uncharted waters."
Demographers interviewed by The San Diego Union-Tribune attributed the trend to The Great Recession and increased U.S. border enforcement. A recent New York Times investigation, though, suggested the reasons may be more Mexico-centric.
Here are few trends that may be motivating Mexicans to stay home (read the full New York Times article here):
Mexican families are getting smaller. In 1970, the fertility rate was about 7 children per woman. Now, it is about 2. The country's pool of job seekers has shrunk accordingly. About 1 million Mexicans entered the job market annually during the 1990s. Since 2007, that number has fallen to an average of 800,000. By 2030, it's expected the country will contribute only 300,000 new workers per year.
Employment opportunities in Mexico are expanding. While wages in the United States fell, wages in Mexico rose. At one time, a migrant worker could make 10 times as much abroad as at home. Now the ratio is closer to 4:1, according to research by David Fitzgerald, a migration expert at the University of California, San Diego.
Quality of life in Mexico has improved. Running water, electricity and trash collection - once unheard of in rural districts - is now available to 90 percent of Jalisco's homes, according to government figures. The percentage of people living in homes with dirt floors dropped from 12 percent in 1990 to just 3 percent in 2010.
More Mexicans are getting an education. The number of senior high schools or preparatory schools has more than doubled in some parts of the country, according to census data. About half of the students living in Jalisco now move on to college, compared to 30 percent in 2001. The number of professional degree holders in the poor southern states of Chiapas and Oaxaca rose from 244,322 to 525,874 in 2010. "They're identifying more with Mexico," Agustín Martínez González, a teacher, told the New York Times. "With more education, they're more likely to accept reality here and try to make it better."0 -
"If you have more guns than the number of hours you spend at the range each month, you are a hobbyist, not a sportsman." 0 -
Fact or Fiction.....How much each?
Get a beer before you click the link, It is quite long,
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5792753647750188322&q=terror+storm(See attached file: videoplay.url)
Just wait until Laura finds out.0 -
Yes:
http://www.un.org/works/environment/animalplanet/beaver.html
quote:
As recently as 10 years ago, this builder was on the edge of extinction, hunted because of the high demand for its soft water proof fur and a substance called castoreum found in the beaver's anal glands. Castoreum contains salicylic acid - the active ingredient in aspirin.0 -
Another anal probe question?
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So...those California naturalists suck on a beaver's butt when they have a head ache? 0 -
I'm never taking advil again. 0 -
Speaking of headaches, that reminds me of that old joke:
A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doc, I've got these horrible headaches. Can you give me anything for them?"
The doctor says, "Whenever I have a headache, I go home and make love to my wife. Works every time. You may want to try it yourself."
A few weeks later the doctor runs into the man on the street and asks how his headaches have been. "Great!" the man replied. "Hardly notice them anymore. By the way, that's a really nice house you have."
Ba-dum-bump![:D]0 -
Salicylic acid is found in the bark of willow trees.
It's entirely logical that it could appear in beaver butts.0 -
I`ll chew on willow bark before I`ll suck a beavers butt.But thats just me. 0 -
NICE BEAVER! 0 -
Advil, is not aspirin. 0 -
Beaver always made me feel better...But it puts me to sleep!!!! 0 -
come on guys,..most of you have been eatin the butt around the beaver for years now[:D] 0 -
How many other species of poor woodland creatures had their anus licked before this discovery was made? 0 -
Where else can a thread start out discussing aspirin and within
the same thread post 'beaver' pops up!
... faster than the speed of light! Only on GB!
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i bet it is in my stool occasionally, i smell a give away 0 -
quote:Originally posted by LaidbackDan
How many other species of poor woodland creatures had their anus licked before this discovery was made?
LMAO [:D][:D]0 -
The indians used willow bark that i know, but nothing of licking beavers. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by LaidbackDan
How many other species of poor woodland creatures had their anus licked before this discovery was made?
gotta headache
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Just rub it on your head.
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[8D] A very old organization the "E CLAMPUS VITUS" (CLAMPERS), was originated during the Gold Rush days in the Sierras and part of their initiation requirements is to (KISS THE A$$ of a LIVE DONKEY)--
--I know this to be true !!!
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Back when the US was an industrial nation and many were aggravated with their factory jobs, the bumper sticker; "Eat more Beaver"
was popular. I didn't know at the time it was an analgesic.0 -
quote:Originally posted by JustC
come on guys,..most of you have been eatin the butt around the beaver for years now[:D]
[:D][:D][:D]0 -
quote:Originally posted by Jacob2008
I'm never taking advil again.
advil is ib profun(sp) tylenol is asprin0 -
quote:Originally posted by LaidbackDan
How many other species of poor woodland creatures had their anus licked before this discovery was made?
You know now that you've mentioned it, I've thought of that question many of time. Or in a more pratical sense, how did the natives from North to South America come up with these herbal cures? How many different ways did the Indian roll chew, eat, cook the tobacco before they decided smoking the peace pipe was good. What about the South American natives that put the coca leaf behind their lip to get stoned. How the heck did they discover these things? Or Mexicans that would rub the kidneys of coyotes on their knees to relieve the pain of arthritis?
And yes, how many butt's did the natives suck on before they discovered the wonderful healing power of the beaver? Did they use a focus group? Did the witchman recommend the armadillo until someone said "You know, the beaver helps my headache much better. Do what you want, but I'm sticking with the beaver."0 -
quote:Originally posted by JustC
come on guys,..most of you have been eatin the butt around the beaver for years now[:D]
Well... They are SOOoo close together..........
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Sometimes you just gotta go south. 0 -
A "clean" "5"-hole can be better'n a dirty "4"...[:D]
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quote:Originally posted by Dakota308
quote:Originally posted by Jacob2008
I'm never taking advil again.
advil is ib profun(sp) tylenol is asprin
Tylenol is not aspirin at all it is acetaminophen, and contains no salicylic acid {aspirin}0
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