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Rabu, 14 September 2011

Harga Tragedi 9/11

Harga Tragedi 9/11

Joseph Stiglitz (AP Photo)

VIVAnews - Peristiwa 11 September 2001, yang dikenal dengan Tragedi 9/11, merupakan ulah Al-Qaeda untuk mencederai Amerika Serikat. Tentu saja, niat itu berhasil. Namun, Osama bin Laden tak pernah membayangkan efeknya. Reaksi Presiden AS ketika itu, George W. Bush, menodai prinsip dasar negeri Paman Sam, menggerogoti perekonomian bangsa itu, serta melemahkan keamanan.

Serbuan ke Afghanistan pasca serangan teroris masih bisa dipahami. Tapi, invasi ke Irak sungguh tak ada kaitannya dengan Al-Qaeda - bagaimanapun kerasnya Bush berupaya mencari-cari hubungannya. Kemudian, perang AS melawan Irak menjadi amat mahal - yang pada awalnya membutuhkan lebih dari US$60 miliar (Rp551,5 triliun).

Ketika saya dan Linda Bilmes menghitung biaya perang yang mesti dikeluarkan AS tiga tahun lalu, angka kasar berada di kisaran US$3-5 triliun. Sejak itu, anggaran kian meningkat. Dengan nyaris 50 persen jumlah tentara yang kembali dan bisa menerima santunan cacat tubuh dan lebih dari 600 ribu veteran yang menjalani perawatan medis, kami menduga bahwa uang bagi tentara yang cacat dan biaya kesehatan akan mencapai sekitar US$600-900 miliar.

Di luar itu, biaya sosial yang muncul seperti tindakan bunuh diri yang diambil oleh para veteran perang (yang beberapa tahun belakangan menyentuh 18 kejadian per hari) dan retaknya rumah tangga tak bisa dihitung secara pasti.

Bahkan, jika Bush mendapatkan maaf atas jasanya menyertakan AS dan negara-negara lain dalam perak melawan Irak, tak ada ampun bagi Bush atas cara yang ia pilih untuk membiayai perang. Sepanjang sejarah, perang Bush itu adalah satu-satunya yang dibiayai sepenuhnya dari pinjaman. Pada saat AS tengah berperang, dengan defisit yang kian meningkat setelah pemotongan pajak di tahun 2001, Bush memutuskan bahwa golongan kaya di negeri itu pantas mendapatkan keringanan pajak.

Hari-hari ini, AS tengah berkutat dengan pengangguran dan defisit. Ancaman yang bisa menjatuhkan AS di masa mendatang dapat dilacak hingga perang di Afghanistan dan Irak. Melonjaknya belanja pertahanan, bersamaan dengan pemotongan pajak, merupakan faktor kunci yang menguak penyebab mengapa AS beringsut dari yang mulanya mencetak keuntungan fiskal hingga 2 persen dari PDB ketika Bush terpilih menjadi dirongrong utang. Belanja langsung pemerintah untuk kedua perang itu mencapai kira-kira US$2 triliun - US$17.000 per keluarga.

Selain itu, saya dan Bilmes menegaskan dalam buku kami yang berjudul "The Three Million Dollar War" (Perang Tiga Juta Dolar) bahwa perang di Afghanistan dan Irak telah melemahkan ekonomi makro AS dan memperuncing defisit serta utang. Kini, gejolak di Timur Tengah memicu membubungnya harga minyak. Bangsa Amerika dituntut mengeluarkan uang lebih banyak demi mengimpor minyak. Padahal, mereka bisa memakai uang itu untuk membeli lebih banyak produk domestik.

Namun, Bank Sentral AS (Federal Reserve) menyembunyikan keburukan itu dengan menciptakan gelembung kredit perumahan yang akhirnya mendorong ledakan konsumsi. Butuh bertahun-tahun untuk mengatasi masalah itu.

Kacau Balau

Ironisnya, perang itu telah bikin keamanan AS (dan dunia) kacau-balau lagi-lagi dengan cara yang tak pernah dibayangkan oleh Bin Laden. Perang yang tak populer akan menyulitkan perekrutan tentara. Tapi, selagi Bush mencoba mengakali Amerika tentang biaya perang, ia tak memberikan sokongan dana cukup bagi para prajurit.

Ia menolak memberikan pengeluaran standar yang dibutuhkan untuk, misalnya, kendaraan lapis baja yang anti-ranjau guna melindungi pasukan. Atau, setidakya, menyediakan cukup tunjangan kesehatan bagi para veteran. Ada pengadilan di AS yang baru-baru ini menyatakan bahwa hak-hak para veteran telah dilanggar. (Hebatnya, pemerintahan Obama meminta bahwa hak veteran mengajukan banding mesti dibatasi!)

Kegagalan militer telah memunculkan kecemasan atas penggunaan kekuatan militer. Dan hal ini cenderung mengancam keamanan Amerika. Namun, kekuatan Amerika yang sejati adalah, melebihi ketangguhan militer dan ekonomi, kekuatan lunaknya: otoritas moral.

Dan, yang satu itu pun telah dilemahkan: seketika setelah AS melanggar hak asasi manusia yang mendasar seperti hak untuk tak mengalami siksaan, dunia sontak mempertanyakan komitmennya kepada hukum internasional.

Di Afghanistan dan Irak, AS dan sekutu-sekutunya tahu bahwa untuk mendapatkan kemenangan jangka panjang, hati dan pikiran harus dicuri. Namun, kesalahan demi kesalahan yang dilakukan pada awal perang memperumit perang yang telah pelik itu.

Efek samping yang ditimbulkannya dahsyat: lebih dari satu juta warga Irak tewas, langsung atau tak langsung, akibat perang. Menurut beberapa kajian, sekitar 137.000 warga sipil tewas dengan mengenaskan di Irak dan Afghanistan dalam 10 tahun terakhir. Di antara bangsa Irak sendiri, 1,8 juta pengungsi mencari tempat aman dan 1,7 juta lainnya kehilangan tempat tinggal.

Tak semua konsekuensi berujung bencana. Defisit yang dialami Amerika agaknya akan menimbulkan kendala anggaran. Belanja militer AS nyaris menyamai belanja militer dunia jika disatukan dua dekade setelah era Perang Dingin berakhir.

Beberapa peningkatan belanja anggaran ditujukan ke Irak, Afghanistan dan Perang Global Melawan Terorisme. Namun, banyak dana yang terbuang sia-sia demi senjata akan dipakai untuk membinasakan musuh, yang jelas-jelas tak ada. Kini, dana itu akan didistribusikan ulang, dan AS kiranya akan mengeluarkan biaya lebih kecil untuk mengusahakan keamanan dalam negerinya.

Al-Qaeda tak lagi jadi menyembul jadi ancaman besar setelah peristiwa 11 September 10 tahun silam. Namun, harga yang harus dibayar begitu besar. Kita akan hidup dengan warisan yang ditinggalkannya dalam waktu lama. Berpikir sebelum bertindak memang ternyata penting.

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Joseph E. Stiglitz adalah Profesor di Columbia University, peraih Nobel di bidang ekonomi, serta pengarang "Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy".

Artikel ini diterjemahkan dari laman www.project-syndicate.org

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FOTO: Hotel Mayat di Jepang

Denny Armandhanu
hotel mayat jepang (REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao)

VIVAnews - Kata siapa hotel hanya untuk mereka yang bernyawa? buktinya sebuah hotel di Jepang didirikan khusus untuk para mayat. Disini, mereka dibaringkan sambil menunggu giliran proses kremasi dilakukan.

Hotel yang disebut Lastel ini terletak di dekat pelabuhan kota Yokohama. Dari luar memang terlihat seperti hotel biasa, sehingga sering membuat pasangan muda yang hendak menginap tertipu. Ketika masuk ke dalam, para pengunjung dapat melihat jajaran kamar kecil dingin yang berisi peti mati.

Terdapat sekitar 40 kamar dengan pelayanan yang layaknya hotel pada umumnya. Harga sewa kamar per malamnya dipatok 12.000 yen atau sekitar Rp.1,3 juta. Pemiliknya, Hisayoshi Teramura, mengatakan bisnisnya ini maju pesat. Tidak lain karena jumlah kematian yang meningkat setiap tahunnya di Jepang.

Untuk melihat mewahnya kamar hotel untuk mayat, dapat dilihat di tautan ini.

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Rabu, 17 Maret 2010

Tips and Tricks on Using Twitter for Business

Have you thought about using Twitter to market your business? Twitter is free, and available to small and large businesses. Here are some tips and tricks on using Twitter to promote your business.

Here are four tips to use your Twitter account effectively. Following other Twitter accounts that are in your target demographic will help you get an idea of what the conversation is. Then you need to post updates about your company, brand or product. As with any online medium, you want to be very careful to not spam any of your followers. Lastly, make sure that you follow successful online marketers, and look for other participants who are in your industry.



First Build an Account for Twitter Marketing

The first thing that you should do is to set up your Twitter account and populate it with several interesting Tweets, which are Twitter posts. Then begin following people who are also using Twitter, and you will find that most people will follow back. When your entire Twitter feed has blanks, though, most people will not bother to follow you. Once you start a micro blog post, you can get on with following any target demographic, and this can be done in either of two different ways.

1. Go to Twitter.com and do a search by typing in keywords that relate to the demographic that you are targeting. For example, if you are trying to sell an application for the iPhone, you would enter the keyword 'iPhone' or 'iPhone app' or anything that may find people who own an iPhone. It's easy to follow people. If your posts are interesting and relevant, you will probably pick up some followers this way.

2. Locate Twitter accounts that you want to follow by clicking the 'Find People' option. Then enter your keywords, related industries, locations or other defining detail to locate followers, and begin following them.

Twitter Marketing Uses Current Information

By adding news that is interesting and relevant about your services or product, you can keep your Tweets current. You can also add information about related news for your industry to keep Tweets interesting and informative. For example, if you sell cooking gadgets, you may want to post news about food and recipes.

As you work on developing your targeted demographic, you need to keep your followers engaged, so you will want to tweet, or post, often. Make sure to retweet relevant tweets from other Twitter followers. This is another great way to pick up new followers, and when they start to follow you, you also are plugged into their followers. Retweeting is one of the fastest ways to build your following or network.

By checking with search.twitter.com frequently you can look for brand names and see what customers are saying. You can follow these Twitter accounts and thank them. If you see customers who are angry or dissatisfied, you can follow them as well. Then you can retweet them and solicit solutions to the problem. Your customers will be thrilled with the feedback from you, and even more thrilled when you rectify the situation. Twitter makes it easy to grow a 'word of mouth' reputation virally.




Twitter Marketing and Spam Do Not Mix

Spam in any electronic media is the kiss of death. If you begin spamming your followers, they will drop you like a hot potato. Spam activity would include only posting information on your products, retweeting the same URL repeatedly, obnoxious Twitter handles, and frivolous tweets. Twitter followers are savvy consumers, and anything deceptive or patronizing is going to leave a bad taste in their mouth.

Twitter Marketing Can Assess the Competition

If you want to build a quality following, then follow quality people on Twitter. There are many online marketers that are experts on Twitter like Dave Peck, Chris Brogan and Guy Kawasaki, and they should definitely be included in your list on Twitter. Also look for corporations that are active on Twitter. They are blazing a trail with their marketing, and you can get good marketing information from them.

Do not forget to look at what your competition is doing. See how they are going about increasing their own following on Twitter. If you want to be a smart marketer online, then you need to constantly be aware of what your competition is doing out in cyberspace. You have a huge marketing opening if they rarely post on Twitter, don't retweet, or attend to negative posts.

Twitter Marketing Requires Patience

When you are using Twitter as part of your Internet marketing plan, you need to give it time to work. Twitter results take a while to appear, because it is one of the more long-term strategies. You will have to build up your networks and following, and if you use the correct strategies, it will happen in a timely manner. However, do not start a Twitter campaign if you are not going to see it through to completion, because an unattended Twitter account is worse than no account at all.

Once you have built a good Twitter following, then you want to market with a gentle touch. Instead of using 'in your face' marketing tactics, pose a question where your product or service is the answer. Tweet that there are updates on your company's blog instead of trying to cram the information into your tweet, and people that want to know more will click through to your blog.

Always respond when your followers tweet you. If you do not keep up with your following, it will begin to crumble. If you have too large of a following to maintain, then outsource your retweets or assign an employee to monitor and reply to your followers.

Twitter is an interactive marketing tool, and because of this it is valuable in two ways. While it is instrumental in getting your message out, it is also hugely helpful in taking the pulse of your customers. So make sure that your Twitter marketing efforts start strong and more importantly stay strong.


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Xbox 360 'Valhalla' motherboard leaked on Chinese forum?

Been to the gym lately? If not, then let this be your new motivation. What we're looking at here is a purportedly forthcoming Xbox 360 motherboard redesign that takes aim at slimming down the portly figure of Microsoft's console. Sure, there's a small chance that this diet could be the work of a scarily talented console modder, but it'd still be a near-impossible task to work in what appears to be a CPU / GPU combo chip (pictured after the break) under that greatly reduced heatsink. Note that there's also an extra SATA port at the top left corner. Perhaps this is the "Valhalla" revision that we've all been waiting for? On a related note, Microsoft is currently hiring a Motherboard Design Engineer for the Xbox 360 Console Development team, with such saucy tasks as "specifying, designing, implementing and verifying the mother-board and other various sub-system boards that make up the XBOX 360 product line." Feel free to sign up if you
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Dragonfly jet-powered helicopter runs on H2O2, shuns traditional tail rotors (video)


Dragonfly jet-powered helicopter runs on hydrogen peroxide, shuns traditional tail rotors
Your average whirleybird is driven by a big motor in the middle, spinning the blades one way and, as per Newton, rotating the body of the craft the other. A tail rotor counteracts the force, but a more efficient solution is to have the rotors power themselves, which is exactly how the Dragonfly DF1 works. It has tiny, hydrogen-peroxide jets on the blade tips, spinning them up without pushing the body of the helo in the other way -- though a small tail rotor is still needed to turn the craft. It's much like the tech that propelled James Bond toward his waiting DB5 in Thunderball, but unlike that jetpack this copter can fly for up to 50 minutes. It's the product of Swisscopter Americas and, while they've been playing with the DF1 for many moons now (demonstrated in a video below), the company is also working on the DF2 shown above, a rather more civilized version that seats two. The DF1 is certified for flight in the US, looks to be available for sale and, while no price is listed, they are said to be much more friendly to the environment than traditional helicopters. That'll surely add to the premium.

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2. IBP analyzes your web page

IBP's Top 10 Optimizer will then analyze all the relevant ranking elements on your web page as well as the links to your website and calculate a ranking score based on that information. The higher the ranking score, the more likely it is that your website will be listed on Google's first result page.

3. IBP tells you in detail what you have to change

If your website does not have a 100% score, IBP will tell you in plain English what exactly you have to do to improve your web page and the links to your site. The advice will be tailored to your website, the chosen search engine and the chosen keyword and IBP will tell you in detail what you have to change and how you have to change it.

4. You make the changes on your web page

In the last step, you change your web page according to the suggestions of IBP's Top 10 Optimizer until there are no further suggestions (IBP's Top 10 Optimizer gives your site a 100% rating).

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A real top 10 ranking guarantee should be for the keywords of your choice and it should be for the regular, unpaid search results. That's the guarantee that you get with IBP.


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Facebook Unseats Google As Most-Visited Site

Facebook Unseats Google As Most-Visited Site
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Social network beat search engine in the U.S., according to Hitwise

Although the "thud" wasn't verified until this afternoon, it seems that an online giant fell a couple of days ago. According to new data from Hitwise, Facebook managed to beat Google in terms of visits between March 7th and March 13th, becoming the most visited website in the U.S. for the week.


The graph visible below makes the changeup pretty clear (blame the sloppy enlarged bit on us, not Hitwise). What's more, it doesn't look like Facebook's going to relinquish its lead anytime soon.



Heather Dougherty explained, "The market share of visits to Facebook.com increased 185% last week as compared to the same week in 2009, while visits to Google.com increased 9% during the same time frame."

Then here's one more interesting fact, courtesy of Dougherty: "Together Facebook.com and Google.com accounted for 14% of all US Internet visits last week."


Anyway, this development represents a major win for Facebook. The ability to represent the social network as the number one site should count for a lot as corporate representatives talk to advertisers and investors, and could result in a direct boost in revenue. A further snowball effect in terms of user interest might occur, too, since most people like to be part of something that's popular.
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