Tuesday, November 13, 2007

A Civil Role Model

The word civil carries a lot of power. The usage needs to be carefully considered when it's entered into a sentence or an expression. Civil means a wide difference of things. It can be defined as a way to be attentive of the forms required for good reproduction. It can also be a means to the needs and affairs of the common public. However, the latter of the two definitions can also be extended to include a definition of the private rights and the remedy sought by action or costume. The point is that the word civil has a greater significance that has been embraced by our American legal traditions. It is the premise that law is there to provide the people and the lawyers are nothing more than mere guardians of law.
These are thoughts that were measured during the class viewing of A Civil Action. In the events of the case, there were many concerns that were brought up about our permissible culture.

Monday, November 05, 2007

Cable ferry

A cable ferry or chain ferry is a means of water carrying by which a ferry or other boat is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by means of cables or chains linked to both shores. Ferries of this type are sometimes also called punts, particularly in Australian English.

There are three types of cable ferry, one is the reaction ferry, which exclusively uses the power of the river to tack across the current; another is the powered cable ferry which uses an auto or diesel engine to wind itself crossways the river. The third type, now fast failing, is the hand-operated type, such as the Stratford-upon-Avon Chain Ferry in the UK and the Saugatuck Chain Ferry in Michigan, USA.
Early manifestation of cable ferries often used rope or steel chains, which were largely replace by stronger and more durable wire cable by the late 19th century.