Chimpanzees

there are many characteristics of a hero such as

Bravery

Determination

Loyalty

Courage

Dedication

Intrepidity

Valor

Selfless

Conviction

Focused

Gallantry

Perseverance

Fortitude

Sacrifice

This is because they are slightly away from the pull of the Earth's gravity - but not entirely. They, and the space station, are constantly falling towards the Earth, but everything keeps turning below them, preventing them from ever getting there. You can read more about this in the Web Links to the left.

Its because they are weightless and really are floating. There is no gravity on the space station.

*There is Gravity on the space station! This common misconception is shared by most people. The above response that says objects in Earth orbit are constantly 'falling' is true. Gravity is almost the same on the surface of the Earth as it is a few hundred kilometers up where satellites and the space station orbits.

The reason why astronauts appear to float is that they, and the space station they inhabit, have such a large horizontal velocity with respect to the surface of the earth, the vertical velocity that comes from gravity pulling them back to the surface is strong enough just to 'bend' the resultant velocity's direction in a continually curving path that follows the curvature of the planet itself. The astronauts are constantly 'falling around' the planet.

High Ideals

What would you do with 21 BILLION DOLLARS? Well if you're Bernie Madoff then until March, 2009 that was a serious question for you. Bernie Madoff was a Wall Street investor who was the leader of a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme is a confidence trick where investors are paid back from other investors' money. Bernie Madoff had probably been doing this for twenty years, but no one knows exactly how long the fraudulent activity was going on. An estimated twenty-one billion dollars of the investors' money was lost. Early in his adult life Bernie Madoff was a plumber; then he was a legitimate stockbroker. How did this man con the most amount of money in history? Why did this honest man become one of the biggest cheats in history? He was entrusted with an enormous amount of money and was unable to handle it. He was held to high ideals and he was unable to meet them. Although his case is unfortunate, it is not rare. History is full of Bernie Madoffs.

Some claim that humanity is naturally good, that we can live up to high ideals, but this is not true. Let's look at this from the evolutionary standpoint. In a "survival of the fittest" scenario the one who survives is not the most charitable but the most selfish. Being greedy is natural for humans; we want to help ourselves, not strangers. There are some extraordinary people who have not just met high ideals, but have excelled them; however, these people are far and few between. Far more numerous are rapists and murderers than members of charitable organization. Since 1961 only 200,000 people have signed up for the Peace Corps. In 2009, there were 1,318,389 violent crimes in the United States. There were a million more violent crimes (murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) in one year than there have been volunteers to the Peace Corps in forty-nine year. The high ideals and morals of our society cannot be met by most people, and this is the case in many eras, including the middle ages.

Geoffrey Chaucer, a famous 14th century writer, understood that mankind could not live up to high ideals and included this fact in his satirical social commentaries. Chaucer wrote about men who were supposed to be great but really never lived up to the high ideals of the time. The Monk from the prologue of the Canterbury Tales is a man who is not willing, or is unable, to live up to the high ideals of monk life. In St. Augustine's rules a monk is allowed only to do godly things; you can't hunt or gamble or get rich. Of course this is exactly what the monk does. In an excerpt from the prologue of the Canterbury Tales,"Grehoundes he hadde, as swifte as fowel in flight; Of priking and of hunting for the hare" (Canterbury Tales) this refers to his hunting dogs, which monks are not allowed to have. A monks' life is a hard one to live, and this monk couldn't live it.

The pardoner is another character that is does not live up to high ideals. A pardoner is someone who can pardon your sins if you can pay him. This pardoner also carried around a bag of illegitimate relics, which he sold to unsuspecting country families, as said in the Canterbury Tales Prologue "But with thise relikes, whan that he fond/ A povre person dwelling upon lond, Upon a day he gat him more moneye/ Than that the person gat in monthes tweye." (Canterbury Tales) This is saying that he makes as much money with one day of selling relics, as the people he sells them two make in two months. The pardoner is basically a medieval con-man. Chaucer's work is full of characters like this, but history is also full of scandalous characters.

So whether you look at modern day or history, one comes to the conclusion that people cannot live up to high ideals; it is just too hard the average person. However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to live up to high ideals. Try to one of the exceptions, try to be extraordinary.

1) Common motor vechicles: trucks; vans; semi-trucks.

2) Passenger transports: buses; taxicabs; coaches.

3) Product transports: trailers; box trucks; 'lorry' trucks.

Commercial motor vehicle means any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used on a highway in interstate commerce (business) to transport passengers or property when the vehicle-

(1) Has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)or gross combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, of 4,536 kg (10,001 pounds) or more, whichever is greater; or

(2) Is designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers (including the driver) for compensation; or

(3) Is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to transport passengers for compensation; or

(4) Is used in transporting material.

The GVWR is not how much your vehicle weighs, it's what your vehicles' maximum laden weight is. It is assigned by the manufacturer. You can find the GVWR on the VIN plate on the door or door frame of most power vehicles, and on the VIN plate on most trailers.

If you add the GVWR from the Truck and trailer and it is more than 10,000 pounds, it's a commercial vehicle.

For example, a Ford F150 has a GVWR around 7000 pounds by itself. A tandem axle flat bed trailer usually has a GVWR of 7000 pounds. When the vehicles are together, the total combination rating is 14,000 pounds and the vehicle is a commercial vehicle.

Most states have adopted the federal regulations, but some have made exceptions to this rule for Non-CDL commercial vehicles that are operated only within the individual state. (Non CDL means a commercial motor vehicle with a GVWR between 10,001 and 26,000 pounds)

Check with your local jurisdiction to find out if your state has adopted the federal regulations and if there are any exceptions.

There is currently no evidence to support a relation.

Evolutionists will always attempt to use the now outdated and disproved idea of chromosome fusion.

Chimpanzees have 48 (24 pairs) chromosomes while man has 46 (23 pairs). Evolutionists claim, without evidence, that two chromosomes in the putative humanchimp common ancestor possibly fused to become the human chromosome 2. The number of chromosomes of a species has little to do with the complexity of the organism or the amount of DNA. Jackrabbits, hares, cultivated tobacco, and most types of potato also have 48 chromosomes. Does that mean that we also share jackrabbits, hares, tobacco, and potatoes as our common ancestors too? Obviously not. Guppies, like humans, also have 46 chromosomes, but there are many differences in the genetic blueprints that make a guppy and the genetic blueprints that make a human. Therefore within our current species and others we can clearly observe that an exact number of chromosomes or a closeness in chromosomes proves nothing.

In summary conclusion, the chimpanzee and human genome projects demonstrated that the fusion did not result in loss of protein coding genes. Instead, the human locus contains approximately 150 thousand additional base pairs NOT found in chimpanzee chromosome 12 and 13 (now also known as 2A and 2B). If fusion had occurred, then it would have left the fused product with less DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) not more.

The most recent genetic studies show that humans are most closely related to the orangutan. Scientists have recently completed the mapping of the genetic code for the orangutan and found they share a 97% of our DNA. Orangutans both in and out of captivity show that we share some unmistakable traits. It's lucky for us that we diverged so long ago since our cousins are slowly becoming extinct. As science becomes more and more sophisticated, especially in the world of DNA studies, we are getting the benefit of more and more answers.

Update: In 2012 scientists completed the genome of the bonobo, an African ape. When added to the genomes that have already been completed for orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees we now have a complete DNA catalogue of the great apes. The studies show that humans are most closely related to bonobos and chimpanzees. The three are more closely related to each other than any is to gorillas.

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