Nobuhiro "MONSTER" Tajima - Race Cars

Twin Engine CULTUS [1993]
This is the machine which convinced us to participate in the Hill Climb race. This machine achieved the win in unlimited division and fought well for the overall championship in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

Both high power, which can carry out full acceleration on a steep slope and intense down force which transmits high power reaching 800ps on a road surface, are well combined in this car. The use of wind tunnel and the suspension system were the key technology for the development of aerodynamics of this machine.











Twin Engine ESCUDO [1995]
It is the Japanese car that finished the championship with a Japanese driver in Pikes Peak Hill Climb when the course was shortened by 2/3 due to snowfall. It carries two sets of engines which provide 450ps on the front and rear of the chassis.

The weight of the car is 900kg and its power is 900ps. By this excellent power/weight ratio, the acceleration performance could reach the one of F-1 cars. This machine is unique because it was the only one successfully designed with a twin engine in the world car history.












V6 ESCUDO [1998]
This machine won the 1st prize in the Queenstown Gold Rush and 2nd prize in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. All parts: innovative aluminum tube space frame, 1000ps engine mounted on the mid ship layout, suspension system, brake system, tires etc. are upgraded.

Aerodynamics, one of the key technologies for victory, is also improved through a large number of wind tunnel tests. It has helped to higher down force and to lower the drag. The potential of the machine increased by leaps and bounds.












XL7 [2007]
This car is a new version of the 2005 machine, which was the "new generation" Hill Climb racing car designed with a concept similar to that of a formula car.

We highly considered aerodynamic influence on the car activity and completed a very effective wing. The wing is combined with its long-wheel-base chassis and enables an "on-the-rail" feeling of driving.

Compared to the 2005 one, this 2007 version has a more powerful engine, a more easily controllable steering system and a more dynamic appearance with its wider fender arch covering bigger diameter tires and wheels.




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MONSTER IN HILL CLIMB

DRIVER : Nobuhiro "MONSTER" Tajima
Birthday : 28th June 1950



From his superb wild driving style, his nickname "Monster" was born.
In All Japan Dirt Trial(rally sprint) Championship, he has achieved 9 series wins. 1988, he has started competing on overseas event which is Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. In 1995, he has achieved overall win for the first time by the Japanese competitor. Also on New Zealand's "Race to the Sky", winning 8 times which now the mountain is called "Tajima's mountain". He has also entered overseas rallies, and especially on Asia Pacific Rally Championship, he has won 5 times in the 2WD division.

The history started on 1983, when he established Monster International Co., Ltd. to help out motor sport competitors. There, he has worked together with many motor sport enthusiasts. This contribution has been caught by the eyes of Suzuki Motor Corporation. In 1986, Suzuki Sport Co., Ltd. was established in order to become in charge of the automobile motor sport of Suzuki Motor Corporation. Suzuki Sport Co., Ltd. does the total research and development, manufacturing, and assemblying the competition vehicles.

From 2002, Junior World Rally Championship project has started and has become team principal achieving driver's champion on 2004. And now 2006, he has begun a new challenge, which is to enter the World Rally Championship together with Suzuki. He is busy being as team principal of the WRC project now.

But on 2007, he has come back to Pikes Peak again as a driver, and achived overall win. This year, he will am for record breaking time!

RACE CAR

The race car for 2010 is the " Monster Sport SX4 Hill Climb Special ". Based upon a Low drag and High down force concept developed for the 2009 event and following exhaustive tests in the Monster Sport (Japan) wind tunnel facility, the 2010 race car has undergone extensive aerodynamic changes to adapt better to the further modified road surface which now consists of more smooth tarmac and less gravel than was present in 2009.

Monster Sport has also further developed the 3100cc Twin Turbo Monster Special V6 powerplant, now boasting 910hp and 90.5kg-m of torque in an 1100kg body able to accelerate easily to speeds above 200km/h in a matter of seconds.

Specifications of 2010 Monster Sport SX4 Hill-climb Special

Body
Base model :SUZUKI SX4
Frame : Steel space frame
Cowl : Carbon and Kevlar composite
Front wing & Rear wing : Carbon and Kevlar composite


Aerodynamics
Front:Under wing
Rear: Diffuser + 3 wings


Engine
Model : Monster Spl V6
Type : Liquid cooled V6 4 valves DOHC + 2 turbo, dry sump
Bore x stroke : 92.0×77.0mm
Capacity : 3071cc
Maximum horsepower（Net）: 910ps/8750rpm
Maximum torque : 90.5kg-m/5850rpm
ECU : MoTeC
Oil : Mobil 1 Full Synthetic
Oil Filter : POWER FILTER Ti100
Sparking Plug : NGK Racing
Air Filter : POWER FILTER PFX600
Intercooler : ARC
Radiator : ARC


Power train
Gearbox : Sequential 6-speed
Differential : Front/Rear: Hydraulic Controlled , Center: Mechanical multi plate
Clutch : EXEDY Triple plate direct release


Suspension
Type : Front/Rear: Double wishbone
Dumper : Front/Rear: REIGER
Spring : Front/Rear: KING SPRINGS


Brake 
Disc : Front: Dia.370mm ventilated / Rear: Dia.350mm ventilated
Caliper : Front: 8 pot / Rear: 8 pot
Pad/Facing : Front/Rear: Winmax Pikes Peak Special


Tire&Wheel
Tire : Front/Rear: 285/50-20 FALKEN WILDPEAK
Wheel : Front/Rear: 20 x 11J RAYS VR.G2


Dimensions *Included front and rear wing
Length (Front wing <-> Rear wing) : 5200mm
Width :1960mm
Height (Ground <-> Rear wing) : 1580mm
Wheelbase : 2818mm
Tread : Front: 1620mm / Rear: 1610mm


Weight
Race weight（without driver, fuel）: 1100kg
Start weight : 1,190kg
Weight distribution（with driver）: Front: 53 / Rear: 47




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Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, a distance of 19.99 km (12.42 miles) over 156 turns, climbing 1,439 meters (4,721 ft) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway at 2,862 meters (9,390 ft) on grades averaging 7% over both gravel and paved sections.

The race is on the FIA International Events Calendar and has featured competition from United States rally sanctioning body SCCA ProRally in 2004 and Rally America in 2005. It has taken place since 1916 and is currently contested by a variety of classes of Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles and Quads. There are often numerous new classes tried and discarded year-to-year.

The first running of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb was promoted by Spencer Penrose. Penrose had finished widening the narrow carriage road into a much wider "Pikes Peak Highway." He decided to encourage tourists to visit by creating a race to the clouds.

On average there are 150 competitors. The oldest current class is the Open Wheel division which has been run since 1916 and has been won by such names as Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, and Robby Unser (the current class record holder, achieving 10:05.85 min in 1994).

The overall record is held by Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima from Japan who clocked a time of 10:01.408 on July 21, 2007 driving the 1000 hp mid-engined Suzuki XL7 Hill Climb Special, breaking the previous record (set in 1994 by Rod Millen) by less than three seconds. The winning time in 1916 was 20:55.40, set by Rea Lentz.

In 1989, an award-winning short film about the 1988 event was released by French director Jean-Louis Mourey. The film, titled Climb Dance, captured the efforts of Finnish former World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen, as he won the event in a record-breaking time with his turbocharged Peugeot 405 T16.

Current Racing Classes

Car and Truck

Unlimited - "Anything Goes" This class is for anything assuming it passes technical inspection.

Open Wheel - The traditional Pikes Peak race car. These range from Indy style cars to buggies.

Mini Sprint - Small bore Open Wheel category. Smaller and lighter with no more than 220ci (3.6 L)

engines and no forced induction.

Super Stock Car - Traditional tube-frame stock cars. Must be less than 10 years old.

Pro Trucks - Purpose-built tube-frame off-road pickups and SUV's.

Pikes Peak Open - Cars or trucks that look like a stock vehicle from the outside, but retain little of the original design.

Time Attack 4wd - Production based AWD or 4wd vehicles

Time Attack 2wd - Production based 2wd vehicles.

HPSS (High Performance Showroom Stock) - These are stock performance vehicles with upgraded safety features.

Exhibition Car/Truck- Cars and trucks that don't fit into standard categories. Often these categories feature advances in alternative fuels or technologies.

Vintage- New category for 2008

Motorcycle and Quad

Motorcycle 1200 CC

Motorcycle 750 CC

Motorcycle Supermoto

Motorcycle Quad 500

Motorcycle 450 CC

Motorcycle 250 CC

Motorcycle Quad 450

Motorcycle Vintage

Motorcycle Sidecar

Motorcycle/Quad Exhibition

Pikes Peak Course Map

Winning Car 2010 - MONSTER SPORT Suzuki SX4 Hill Climb Special (Record Time:10 Min 11.490 sec)
Driver - Nobuhiro "MONSTER" Tajima 

Renault 5 Maxi Turbo Rally Group B

The Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 (Group B Rally)

engine: XU8T Inline-4
aspiration : Garett Turbocharged
valvetrain: 4 Valves per Cyl
displacement: 1775 cc / 108.3 in³
bore: 83 mm / 3.27 in
stroke: 82 mm / 3.23 in
compression: 7.0:1
power: 316.2 kw / 424 bhp @ 7500 rpm
specific output:238.87 bhp per litre
bhp/weight: 467.48 bhp per tonne
torque: 490.81 nm / 362.0 ft lbs @ 5500 rpm
driven wheels: 4WD
front brakes: Vented Discs w/4-Pot Calipers
rear brakes: Vented Discs w/4-Pot Calipers
steering: Rack & Pinion
f suspension: Wishbones w/Bilstein Shocks
r suspension: Wishbones w/Bilstein Shocks
weight: 907 kg / 2000 lbs
wheelbase: 2540 mm / 100.0 in
length: 3825 mm / 150.6 in
width: 1674 mm / 65.9 in
transmission: 5-Speed
gear ratios: 1


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terowong air mentah terpanjang di Asia Tenggara dan yang keenam di dunia

Terpanjang di Asia Tenggara

Dalam senario terkini, faktor kepentingan air kepada penduduk dan kekurangan punca sumber air mentah di negeri Selangor pada masa depan telah mendorong kerajaan mengambil keputusan untuk menyegerakan pelaksanaan pembinaan Projek Penyaluran Air Mentah Pahang - Selangor (PPAMPS).

Projek itu melibatkan dua fasa utama iaitu pertama, pembekalan air mentah dari Pahang ke Selangor termasuk terowong bawah tanah antara Karak di Pahang dan Hulu Langat di Selangor, serta kedua, pembinaan loji rawatan air di Hulu Langat.

Projek berimpak tinggi yang bernilai RM3.936 bilion itu dijangka siap pada tahun 2014. Apabila projek itu siap nanti terowong itu akan menjadi terowong air mentah terpanjang di Asia Tenggara dan yang keenam di dunia.

Pelaburan besar negara ke atas projek yang mengambil masa kira-kira empat tahun lagi itu penting kerana air merupakan keperluan penduduk.

Bagi Setiausaha Kerja Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM), Datuk Nadzim Johan, ketiadaan sumber air merupakan satu isu yang berat kepada pengguna.

Katanya, projek penyaluran air mentah dari Pahang itu akan memberikan impak yang positif kepada pengguna apabila ia siap kelak.

“Usaha yang dilakukan kerajaan itu sangat bermanfaat memandangkan bekalan air bersih amat penting untuk segenap lapisan masyarakat. Masyarakat Islam misalnya, memerlukannya untuk berwuduk, bersuci dan sebagainya,” ujar beliau.

Tambah Nadzim, pada masa yang sama, masyarakat perlu dididik untuk bertindak sebagai pengguna air yang berhemah.

“Kita perlu menghargai air kerana sebanyak manapun air itu disalirkan, jika ia tidak digunakan dengan sebaik mungkin, ia akan habis juga,” kata beliau.

Punca air

Menurut Pengarah Projek PPAMPS, Datuk Ir. Ismail Mat Noor projek tersebut bertujuan untuk menyalurkan air mentah dari Sungai Semantan di Pahang ke Hulu Langat, Selangor.

Jelas beliau, Sungai Semantan dipilih sebagai sumber untuk menyalurkan air ke Selangor kerana keupayaan sungai tersebut membekalkan air.

“Sungai Semantan merupakan sungai yang berpunca dari tiga sungai yang lain seperti Sungai Telemung, Sungai Kelau dan Sungai Bentong. Namun, untuk persediaan awal jika berlaku sebarang kemungkinan kami juga akan membina sebuah empangan di Kelau,” ujar Ismail.

Jelasnya, empangan di Kelau itu bertujuan untuk menyimpan air mentah untuk dibekalkan ke Selangor.

“Misal kata air di Sungai Semantan mengalami kemarau dan kekurangan air. Air dari empangan itu akan dilepaskan ke dalam terowong tersebut. Itu merupakan persediaan yang dibuat untuk menampung air jika kekurangan air di sungai itu,” ujar beliau.

Selain itu, Sungai Semantan turut dipilih kerana faktor kebersihan dan kualiti airnya yang masih boleh dirawat dengan mudah.

“Boleh dikatakan kebanyakan sungai di Pahang mempunyai kualiti air yang baik termasuklah Sungai Pahang.

Demi untuk menjayakan penyaluran air itu nanti mengikut masa yang ditetapkan, empat komponen utama terdiri daripada terowong penyaluran air, empangan Muka Sauk dan empangan Kelau, saliran paip berkembar dan Stesen Pam Air Semantan.

Terowong air mentah itu berkeupayaan membekalkan air mentah sebanyak 1,890 liter air sehari apabila siap kelak.

Teknologi canggih PPAMPS

Dengan status projek mega beberapa mesin berteknologi tinggi digunakan dalam proses untuk menyiapkan Projek Penyaluran Air Mentah Pahang ke Selangor (PPAMPS).

Antara mesin yang berkhidmat dengan PPAMPS sehingga projek itu selesai ialah beberapa buah Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) dan Conduit.

Setiap mesin atau kaedah yang digunakan itu mempunyai keistimewaannya yang tersendiri.

Pada 29 November yang lalu, TBM3 telah memulakan operasinya untuk mengorek terowong bawah tanah sejauh 11.2 kilometer (km).

Ismail berkata, projek terowong itu sahaja bernilai RM1.3 bilion bakal menyalurkan air mentah dalam lima tahun lagi.

Menurutnya, TBM3 atau juga dikenali sebagai Tiara Midori, melakukan kerja-kerja mengorek bersama dua lagi mesin pengorek iaitu Kamila (TBM1) dan Selpah (TBM2).

“Mesin pengorek Tiara Midori yang panjangnya 205 meter akan mengorek sejauh 11.2 kilometer dari sini (Semantan) dan ia mampu mengorek sejauh 1,000 meter setiap bulan.

“Mesin Tiara Midori akan beroperasi 24 jam menggunakan tenaga kerja sebanyak 20 orang untuk satu-satu syif,” ujarnya.

Tambah beliau, pihaknya turut melakukan beberapa persediaan sebelum kerja mengorek bermula seperti menyelidik jenis batu.

“Jika batu jenis keras kita tidak perlu melakukan forepoling. Forepoling merujuk kepada teknik untuk menahan tanah atau batu dari runtuh di kawasan yang tidak kukuh,” jelasnya.

ISMAIL (kiri) menunjukkan replika TBM yang digunakan dalam proses menyiapkan terowong PPAMPS.

Berdasarkan kajian awal, katanya, kira-kira 90 peratus dari kawasan yang bakal dikorek ialah kawasan berbatu keras.

Jelas Ismail untuk kawasan berbatu, pihaknya menggunakan mesin yang dikenali sebagai New Austrian Tunneling (NATM) beberapa meter sebelum TBM memulakan tugasnya.

“NATM adalah satu kaedah dimana satu mesin akan menggerudi batu di kawasan tersebut.

“Dalam projek ini, kaedah NATM hanya digunakan di Inlet (air masuk) dan Outlet (air keluar) terowong sahaja,” katanya.

Projek yang dijangka siap pada bulan Jun 2014 itu akan menyalurkan air mentah sebanyak 1,890 juta liter sehari.

Sebanyak empat syarikat terlibat dalam usaha sama itu seperti IJM Corp. Bhd., UEM Builders Bhd. Shimizu Co rporation dan Nishimatsu Construction Co. Ltd.

Projek itu diluluskan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan bagi memenuhi keperluan bekalan air di Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur dan Putrajaya.

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So called 'God-Given-Gift-Of-A-Great-Voice'...

Homeless man with golden radio voice

An interview with The Early Show CBS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWG6zNf4xY0&feature=player_embedded




‘Golden-voiced’ homeless man lands dream job, house




Video MSNBC
YouTube video sensation draws attention of Cleveland Cavaliers 


TODAYshow.com
updated 1/5/2011 10:28:47 AM ET



An Internet video of a homeless man showing off his self-described “God-given gift of a great voice” has landed him a spot on a local radio show, a dream job with the Cleveland Cavaliers and a house. “The Cleveland Cavaliers just offered me a full-time job and a house! A house! A house!” Ted Williams said while appearing on a morning radio show in Columbus called “ Dave and Jimmy.”

Williams was offered the job and free home by a caller to the show who said she represented the Cavaliers, the New York Post reported. 


Williams will also appear on NBC's TODAY on Thursday, Matt Lauer said Wednesday.

A reporter from the Columbus Dispatch came across Williams while he was panhandling near Interstate 71 recently. A sign he carried explained that he was a former radio announcer who had fallen on hard times. 


“Any help will be gratefully appreciated,” the sign read.

The roadside interview with Williams that appears on YouTube shows that he isn’t exaggerating: His delivery is as smooth as that of announcers heard on radio or television. The popularity of the “the voice” video has soared on the Web, attracting coverage in the Post and on television news.


Williams said he grew up in Brooklyn, and at 14 took a field trip to a radio station. While there, he was struck by the fact that one of the on-air announcers looked nothing like he sounded. “Radio is defined ‘theater of mind,’ ” the announcer told him.

Williams was hooked. He said it took years to develop his voice, and he also went to school for training.

“Alcohol and drugs — and a few other things — became my life,” Williams admitted, but added that he has “been two years clean.”


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Bank Note : 100 Trillion Dollar!!

Visitors snap up 100 trillion Zimbabwe bank notes


Angus Shaw, Associated Press, On Monday January 3, 2011, 8:22 am EST

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Western visitors to Zimbabwe are looking for zeros. They're snapping up old, defunct Zimbabwe bank notes, most notably the one hundred trillion Zimbabwe dollar bill, as an economic souvenir.

The one hundred trillion Zimbabwe dollar bill, which at 100 followed by 12 zeros is the highest denomination, now sells for $5, depending on its condition. That bill and others -- among them millions, billions and trillions, were abandoned nearly two years ago, when the American dollar became legal tender in the hopes of killing off the record inflation that caused all those zeros.

"I had to have one," said Janice Waas on a visit to the northwestern resort town of Victoria Falls. "The numbers are mind bending." She got her so-called "Zimdollar" in pristine condition, from a street vendor who usually sells African carvings.

"It's perfect if you like puzzles, calculus and things like Rubik's Cube," she said.

Janice's husband Thomas Waas, a physicist and engineer from Germany, said if the population of the world is 7 billion people, every single person could be a given thousands of old Zimbabwe dollars from this single 100 trillion note.

Janice Waas said Westerners were buying the bills for their curiosity value. An Australian wanted one to display in his local bar back home.

Street vendors said visitors had been so intrigued by the Zimbabwe bills that they were now running out of them, two years after a power sharing deal between longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe and the former opposition leader, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, made the old currency redundant.

Visitors from countries familiar with hyperinflation, such as the Congo and other impoverished states in the region and in South America, showed less interest in the highly marked bills. Instead, most bought curios and artifacts, said vendor Lloyd Phiri, speaking on his mobile phone in Victoria Falls.

At the height of Zimbabwe's economic meltdown in 2008 when Zimbabwe's world record inflation was running into the billions in percent annually and prices were climbing each hour, the 100 trillion bill scarcely bought a cart of groceries.

Teachers reported the printing of bank notes from millions to billions and then trillions skewed their pupils' sense of numeracy, making them fail to grasp the realities of numbers.

On one geography field trip, students scoffed at being told granite rocks swept over Zimbabwe by ancient glaciers were 700 million years old. That time frame seemed insignificant.

Back then in 2008, 700 million Zimbabwe dollars bought a loaf of bread.

Scientists and physicists estimate the number of atoms in the universe at 10 to the power of 80 -- 10 followed by 80 zeros.

During the worst of Zimbabwe's economic meltdown and hyperinflation, Zimbabwe's highest money denominations were logged at 10 to the power of 25 -- 10 followed by 25 zeros.

The central bank then sliced off several zeros, but large transactions were still calculated in quadrillions (15 zeros) and quintillions (18 zeros) until the demise of the local currency.
If you are delayed at an airport during your Zimbabwe trip, play the numbers game, advises Waas, the physicist.

He posed this challenge.

"If the pyramids in Egypt are 5,000 years old, there are 155 billion seconds in 5,000 years and 1,000 billion make a trillion. So how many years are there in 100 trillion seconds?" he said.

Waas said he was still waiting for the correct answer from friends and fellow visitors in Zimbabwe.




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Kuasa tanduk seladang

Kuasa tanduk seladang

Oleh KU MOHD. RIZDUAN KU ABDUL RAHMAN

kurizduan.kurahman@kosmo.com.my

SEBAHAGIAN peralatan yang digunakan Pak Jang dan Roslan ketika mengurut pesakit yang dibeli dari Indonesia dan China malah ada yang dihasilkan sendiri.

RAWATAN urut tradisional merupakan amalan turun-temurun di kebanyakan negara di Asia malah kemampuan teknik itu kini mulai diterima di negara Barat berikutan keberkesanannya yang diiktiraf sains perubatan moden.

Urutan juga merupakan satu daripada cabang perubatan cara Islam manakala segelintir masyarakat menganggapnya sebagai perubatan alternatif.

Secara amnya, ia sesuai bagi merawat apa juga penyakit, sama ada penyakit baru atau sudah lama dihidapi, yang ringan mahupun yang kronik.

Selain mengatasi masalah terseliuh, kebas atau membetulkan perjalanan darah, teknik urut turut dikaitkan dengan rawatan mengembalikan kesihatan dan tenaga seksual lelaki terutama bagi wanita selepas bersalin.

Bagaimanapun, urutan yang menggunakan tangan sepatutnya dilakukan oleh mereka yang mahir dan profesional kerana jika tidak mengikut prosedur, urutan boleh memudaratkan.

Namun, urutan menggunakan tangan sahaja tidak mencukupi kerana sentuhan itu kemungkinan kurang berkesan serta pesakit tidak merasa puas walaupun teknik yang digunakan betul.

Justeru, bagi seorang pengamal urutan tradisional dari Utara tanah air, Baharom Yunus berjaya mengenal pasti kaedah lebih berkesan bagi tujuan mengurut. Yunus yang mesra dikenali sebagai Pak Jang menjelaskan, penggunaan tanduk seladang betina serta beberapa peralatan lain.

Khasiat tanduk seladang

Pak Jang menambah, urutan menggunakan jari-jemari sahaja kurang praktikal berbanding penggunaan peralatan khas yang dibuat sendiri atau dibeli.

Katanya tanduk seladang betina yang diperoleh dari Indonesia digunakan dalam teknik urutannya yang dikajinya sejak 20 tahun lalu.

“Sebelum mengurut saya akan menggunakan jari-jemari yang bertindak seperti alat 'pengimbas' untuk mengenalpasti anggota badan yang mengalami masalah urat.

Selalunya bahagian yang mempunyai banyak benjolan merupakan kawasan yang perlu diberi perhatian.

TANPA menggunakan peralatan seperti yang ditunjukkan, proses urutan kurang berkesan dan tidak puas


“Peralatan seperti tanduk seladang betina yang dibentuk seperti sudu digunakan bagi memecahkan bahagian saluran tersumbat yang berpunca daripada darah beku, lemak dan angin dengan bantuan minyak khas.

“Selagi terdapat permukaan tidak rata maka selagi itulah urutan dibuat. Apabila saluran bermasalah dirungkai dengan betul, aliran darah akan mengalir secara normal kembali,” katanya sambil mengurut seorang pelanggan menggunakan teknik tanduk seladang betina di Pondok Rawatan Nusantara (PRN) di Sungai Petani, Kedah.

Namun, bagi mereka yang tidak mahir dengan teknik berkenaan, dia menyarankan agar tidak sesekali mencubanya kerana khuatir boleh memudaratkan pesakit.

Paling penting katanya, urutan mesti sesuai dengan kaedah, tempat, kemampuan serta sensitif pada bahagian yang tidak boleh diurut.

Jelas lelaki yang kini menjangkau usia 63 tahun itu, teknik urutan yang diamalkannya seakan-akan terapi guasa dari China tetapi ia tidak terlalu ekstrem sehingga boleh meninggalkan garisan merah pada tubuh pesakit.

“Bagaimanapun, bahagian paling sakit dalam teknik ini apabila saluran darah tersumbat ditekan, tetapi kesannya selepas itu memang tidak sakit malah ada pesakit yang dipimpin sebelum rawatan mampu berjalan sendiri selepas diurut,” katanya.

Akuinya, setakat hari ini teknik berkenaan hanya boleh didapati di PRN sahaja malah dia menggunakan kira-kira 15 peralatan mengurut lain mengikut kesesuaian pesakit.

Antaranya, batu marmar yang dicanai khas, tanduk kerbau, tanduk seladang jantan, rotan, batu sungai dan tumbang kambing.

“Urut sepatutnya dilihat sebagai satu perubatan pencegahan dan sepatutnya dilakukan secara kerap. Ia sangat baik mencegah penyakit daripada menjadi lebih teruk seperti migrain, strok, lemah jantung, kebas, sengal-sengal selain bertujuan penjagaan kesihatan,” katanya.

Urut auta

Tegas Pak Jang, urutan yang dipraktik sejak sekian lama bukannya ‘auta’ kerana ia betul-betul teknik mengurut dan sentuhannya memang sampai ke urat malah mendapat pujian daripada pelanggan kerana teknik yang sememangnya berbeza dengan urutan dengan hanya menggunakan tangan.

Lebih menarik, Pak Jang yang sebelum ini pernah menderita penyakit jantung kronik mampu berulang-alik dari kediamannya di Permatang Pauh, Pulau Pinang ke PRN, Sungai Petani setiap hari kecuali Jumaat.

Sementara itu, bagi pengasas PRN, Roslan Mat Isa, 41, memberitahu, penggunaan kira-kira 15 peralatan mengurut itu lebih berkesan dan mampu menyembuh bahagian bermasalah secara terperinci.

BATU marmar yang dibuat khas turut digunakan dalam proses mengurut.


“Kalau menggunakan tangan semata-mata, keupayaan mengurut adalah terbatas kerana kekuatan manusia ini bukanlah kuat sangat. Kalau nak tekan dengan jari sahaja memang tidak terasa dan jika terasa sekalipun mungkin sekejap sahaja lepas itu kembali tidak selesa,” ujarnya.

Bukan itu sahaja, di PRN mereka menggunakan pelbagai minyak bagi tujuan urutan. Antaranya, minyak kelapa dara, minyak bijan, minyak matahari, minyak zaitun dan minyak yang dimasak dengan ramuan sendiri.
Jelasnya, dengan bantuan Pak Jang serta tujuh orang tukang urut secara sambilan konsep urutan yang diperkenalkan PRN kini semakin berkembang dan diterima orang ramai kerana ia memberikan kepuasan maksimum.

Selain pendedahan ilmu urutan daripada Pak Jang, Roslan terlebih dahulu mengikuti kursus pelbagai jenis rawatan di Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Kedah (Keda), pusat perubatan swasta serta beberapa tempat lagi.

“Sebelum khidmat Pak Jang di pondok rawatan ini, saya juga mempunyai alat mengurut sendiri. Bagaimanapun, dengan kemasukan Pak Jang ke sini menjadikan rawatan lebih kemas,” katanya yakin.

Seorang pelanggan, Harun Hussain memberitahu, walaupun pertama kali dirinya membuat rawatan urut di PRN, tubuhnya begitu segar malah masalah di bahagian bawah lututnya semakin pulih setelah diurut menggunakan tanduk seladang betina.

Memang apabila urat ditekan pada ketika itu terasa sedikit sakit, tetapi dalam tempoh beberapa minit kesakitan itu beransur hilang,” katanya.

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Pregnant Robot Helped Train Medical Students

Pregnant Robot Helped Train Medical Students (Robot Bersalin?)







One of the most critical chapter of a woman's life is pregnancy, because she's caring not only for her own life but of the unborn child as well. Medical specialists ensure complete health care are provided for both the mother and baby.

However, during delivery complications may arise, such as pre-term/unscheduled delivery, cord coil, displacia and preeclampsia or toxemia. All of these require special attention from the doctors. That's why hospitals and health providers are well trained to avoid such high-risk complications.

At John Hopkins hospitals a robotic birth simulator named Noelle has just been hired in order to provide actual delivery training to medical students. Noelle has all of the necessary vitals, even breathing and a pulse. She even has the proper anatomy which is functionally correct. Therefore she is able to simulate a wide variety of delivery situations to train those who deliver babies.

She is an interactive female with one birthing baby and one interactive neonate, the neonate also interacts in a way that it changes color with positive pressure ventilation (PPV). The whole simulator package is equipped with the necessary stuffs needed for a life-like actual birthing to happen.

The idea of a birthing simulator is conceived by Florida-based Gaumard Scientific Company in order to provide actual training to medical students and doctors as well.



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