Misbakhun, a Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician, paid a visit to the residence of Surakarta Mayor Joko Widodo or Jokowi on Wednesday, September 5. In addition to expressing hospitality, Misbakhun, who has been implicated in the Bank Century scandal, openly stated his support for the host, Joko Widodo, in the coming Jakarta gubernatorial race.
Misbakhun said that many PKS members supported Jokowi as Jakarta governor. However, not many members are open about their support because the PKS officially supports candidates Fauzi Bowo and Nachrowi Ramli.
“I support Jokowi because during his time as Solo mayor he managed to implement programs that are well accepted by the community and therefore, he gained public sympathy,” said Misbakhun on Wednesday, September 5. “Therefore, if Jokowi is elected [as Jakarta governor], I would like to leave my people in his hands; Jokowi will be leading a large number of people of various religions.”
Monday, September 10, 2012
Indigenous Community Proposes Indigenization of Development
The Indonesian government is preparing a vision framework and principles for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The development agenda was one of the most important resolutions from the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil last June. In addition, a substitute for Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which will expire in 2015, is also being prepared.
“The president has assigned us to formulate it [the agenda],” said Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, director of the presidential executive division on Development Monitoring and Control (UKP4), on Thursday, September 6, during a workshop entitled: “Indonesia and Post-2015 Development Agenda”.
Kuntoro added that since last week his division has invited international academics for a discussion and seminar. These academics include: Nobel-prize winner in economics Eric Maskin, and scientist and leading economist Kaushik Basu. In addition there was also green economy advocate Pavan Sukhdev and Sabina Alkire from the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.
“The president has assigned us to formulate it [the agenda],” said Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, director of the presidential executive division on Development Monitoring and Control (UKP4), on Thursday, September 6, during a workshop entitled: “Indonesia and Post-2015 Development Agenda”.
Kuntoro added that since last week his division has invited international academics for a discussion and seminar. These academics include: Nobel-prize winner in economics Eric Maskin, and scientist and leading economist Kaushik Basu. In addition there was also green economy advocate Pavan Sukhdev and Sabina Alkire from the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.
Development Master Plan Ignores Environmental Aspects
United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) special advisor Pavan Sukhdev has proposed three factors that could accommodate a green economy in Indonesia. Firstly, by boosting natural capital by increasing productivity of small-scale enterprises, implementing the REDD+ (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) program, providing assistance in fisheries and coral reef conservation.
“Secondly, by improving urban areas where human capital is a ‘growth machine’ for green economy,” said Sukhdev when addressing the audience and a workshop entitled: “Indonesia and Post-2015 Development Agenda” that was held on 5-6 September in Jakarta. Thirdly, according to Sukhdev, the business sector must be improved through micro policy reforms.
Sukhdev, a green economy advocate, also discussed the role or corporations. Each year, corporations generate 60 percent of the global GDP. However, according to the author of Corporation 2020, today’s business practices have left ecological marks on more than 50 percent of the earth’s bio-capacity.
Therefore, through his book, Sukhdev suggested that policy reforms must encourage the business sector to support a green economy. Corporation 2020, said Sukhdev, is not only to generate financial capital for shareholders but also generates human, social and natural capital for the general population.
“Secondly, by improving urban areas where human capital is a ‘growth machine’ for green economy,” said Sukhdev when addressing the audience and a workshop entitled: “Indonesia and Post-2015 Development Agenda” that was held on 5-6 September in Jakarta. Thirdly, according to Sukhdev, the business sector must be improved through micro policy reforms.
Sukhdev, a green economy advocate, also discussed the role or corporations. Each year, corporations generate 60 percent of the global GDP. However, according to the author of Corporation 2020, today’s business practices have left ecological marks on more than 50 percent of the earth’s bio-capacity.
Therefore, through his book, Sukhdev suggested that policy reforms must encourage the business sector to support a green economy. Corporation 2020, said Sukhdev, is not only to generate financial capital for shareholders but also generates human, social and natural capital for the general population.
History of the civil engineering profession
Engineering has been an aspect of life since the beginnings of human existence. The earliest practices of Civil engineering may have commenced between 4000 and 2000 BC in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (Ancient Iraq) when humans started to abandon a nomadic existence, thus causing a need for the construction of shelter. During this time,transportation became increasingly important leading to the development of the wheel and sailing.
Until modern times there was no clear distinction between civil engineering and architecture, and the term engineer andarchitect were mainly geographical variations referring to the same person, often used interchangeably.[7] The construction of Pyramids in Egypt (circa 2700-2500 BC) might be considered the first instances of large structure constructions. Other ancient historic civil engineering constructions include the Parthenon by Iktinos in Ancient Greece(447-438 BC), the Appian Way by Roman engineers (c. 312 BC), the Great Wall of China by General Meng T'ien under orders from Ch'in Emperor Shih Huang Ti (c. 220 BC)[6] and the stupas constructed in ancient Sri Lanka like theJetavanaramaya and the extensive irrigation works in Anuradhapura. The Romans developed civil structures throughout their empire, including especially aqueducts, insulae, harbours, bridges, dams and roads.
The Archimedes screw was operated by hand and could raise water efficiently.
In the 18th century, the term civil engineering was coined to incorporate all things civilian as opposed to military engineering.[5] The first self-proclaimed civil engineer was John Smeaton who constructed the Eddystone Lighthouse.[4][6] In 1771 Smeaton and some of his colleagues formed the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, a group of leaders of the profession who met informally over dinner. Though there was evidence of some technical meetings, it was little more than a social society.
In 1818 the Institution of Civil Engineers was founded in London, and in 1820 the eminent engineer Thomas Telford became its first president. The institution received a Royal Charter in 1828, formally recognising civil engineering as a profession. Its charter defined civil engineering as:
the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as applied in the construction of roads, bridges, aqueducts, canals, river navigation and docks for internal intercourse and exchange, and in the construction of ports, harbours, moles, breakwaters and lighthouses, and in the art of navigation by artificial power for the purposes of commerce, and in the construction and application of machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns.[8]
The first private college to teach Civil Engineering in the United States was Norwich University founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge.[9] The first degree in Civil Engineering in the United States was awarded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1835.[10] The first such degree to be awarded to a woman was granted by Cornell University to Nora Stanton Blatch in 1905.[11]
Until modern times there was no clear distinction between civil engineering and architecture, and the term engineer andarchitect were mainly geographical variations referring to the same person, often used interchangeably.[7] The construction of Pyramids in Egypt (circa 2700-2500 BC) might be considered the first instances of large structure constructions. Other ancient historic civil engineering constructions include the Parthenon by Iktinos in Ancient Greece(447-438 BC), the Appian Way by Roman engineers (c. 312 BC), the Great Wall of China by General Meng T'ien under orders from Ch'in Emperor Shih Huang Ti (c. 220 BC)[6] and the stupas constructed in ancient Sri Lanka like theJetavanaramaya and the extensive irrigation works in Anuradhapura. The Romans developed civil structures throughout their empire, including especially aqueducts, insulae, harbours, bridges, dams and roads.
The Archimedes screw was operated by hand and could raise water efficiently.
In the 18th century, the term civil engineering was coined to incorporate all things civilian as opposed to military engineering.[5] The first self-proclaimed civil engineer was John Smeaton who constructed the Eddystone Lighthouse.[4][6] In 1771 Smeaton and some of his colleagues formed the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, a group of leaders of the profession who met informally over dinner. Though there was evidence of some technical meetings, it was little more than a social society.
In 1818 the Institution of Civil Engineers was founded in London, and in 1820 the eminent engineer Thomas Telford became its first president. The institution received a Royal Charter in 1828, formally recognising civil engineering as a profession. Its charter defined civil engineering as:
the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as applied in the construction of roads, bridges, aqueducts, canals, river navigation and docks for internal intercourse and exchange, and in the construction of ports, harbours, moles, breakwaters and lighthouses, and in the art of navigation by artificial power for the purposes of commerce, and in the construction and application of machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns.[8]
The first private college to teach Civil Engineering in the United States was Norwich University founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge.[9] The first degree in Civil Engineering in the United States was awarded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1835.[10] The first such degree to be awarded to a woman was granted by Cornell University to Nora Stanton Blatch in 1905.[11]
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The Levingston family has been involved with the shipbuilding industry since the 1850s in the United States. Samuel L. Levingston was born in 1832 and moved to the United States from Ireland in 1846. While in Florida, his first job was a ship carpenter. In 1852, he married Asenatha Moore. In the late 1850s, the Levingston family moved to the area near what is now the city of Orange, Texas and established a shipyard on the Sabine River. Samuel Levingston served the Confederate forces during the Civil War as a ship carpenter and a blockade runner.
After the war, he returned to Orange and began another shipyard, building paddle wheel boats for hauling cotton and farm products on the Sabine River between Orange and Logansport, Louisiana. Upon his retirement, his son, "Captain George" Levingston took over the business and developed it into the Levingston Shipbuilding Company. The shipyard continued to build vessels of all types for both the commercial market and the government. When the offshore oil and gas market developed in the 1950s, Levingston was in the forefront, developing and building many of the early designs. Levingston was the only United States builder of all types of offshore drilling rigs. With the growth of the offshore rig building business, Levingston Shipbuilding Company established Far East Levingston Shipbuilding ("FELS"). FELS has grown into what today is Keppel FELS, a world recognized shipbuilder.
As we focus on the future, we are founded on our experiences and the principles on which we believe and understand - shipbuilding. Over the decades of shipbuilding by the Levingston family, we are concentrated on the offshore oil and gas industry. Specifically, our attention is on the larger, classed Liftboat market with enhanced capabilities. We have assembled a world-class team of designers, engineers, builders and operators to bring the world offshore oil and gas industry the latest in our self-elevating, self-propelled, multi-purpose vessels.
Our alliance partners are the leaders in the liftboat industry. Simply, no other company has more experience in the design, building and operations of liftboats than Levingston and their alliance partners.
Decades of experience in the liftboat industry have honed our skills in centering on those variables that produce a highly versatile, efficient vessel. Our vessel designs use proven, time-tested jacking systems and cranes - integral components of the liftboat. We emphasize those features that we believe based on our experience contribute to the overall operational efficiency of the vessels, i.e., increased deck area and deck load capacity, enhanced maneuverability, larger personnel quarters capacity, and increased leg lengths.
We have essentially two approaches to liftboat design. It is our belief that the future of liftboat design, building and operations will center on enhanced capabilities. From the early days of liftboats in the 1950s to the present, liftboat capabilities and capacities have increased significantly. The first approach to liftboat design revolves around traditional liftboat services with capacities for essentially everything except drilling and work-over services. The second approach focuses on making the liftboat an even more versatile offshore service vessel by adding the capacity to drilling and work-over. This second approach, we refer to as our Enhanced Class (or "E" Class). Although, there are certain job specific applications that the first, traditional design is sufficient, we believe that the future is in E Class liftboats. This will provide a highly versatile, efficient vessel.
"Levingston and Their Alliance Partners"
Levingston and their alliance partners form a team of the most experienced designers, builders, and operators in the liftboat industry. Our combined backgrounds and experience is unsurpassed in the offshore liftboat industry. Although, we are founded on experiences in the United States Gulf of Mexico, our focus is international. We simply want to bring our liftboats to the world offshore markets.
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