Well, I was a 90’s teenager, so I was with the Mortal Kombat franchise almost from the beginning! From the arcade machines to Sega Master System, especially this last one, I played every single game which came out… Somewhere over the top, others felt a bite disillusioned…
And when it became larger, with films, series and so on, I always tried to be up to date!
And so I was thrilled to know that a new movie was being made and once I’ve read that this one would bring the gore, the rawness of the games, I was very, very curious to see how it would be.
Today I finally saw this new Mortal Kombat movie and I have to say it matched a lot of great stuff from the amazing mythology of this saga.
So, if you’re a MK fan, this movie it is a must-watch, if you haven’t seen it yet.
The most complete clock in the world, it is Portuguese!
It’s called Rijomax and it’s Portuguese, the most complete watch in the world. Father António Vieira said: “Every perfect watch not only gives hours, but also has an arm that points them”. There is a Portuguese watch that is known as the most complete on the planet: it is the Rijomax.
However, this perfect clock, contrary to what Father António Vieira advocated, is stopped. But that fact does not prevent it from being the most perfect of all watches. Even inactive (or precisely for that reason), Rijomax interferes with the imagination of us all.
When we look for your time in it, we willingly grant part of ours. Do you want to know more about this fantastic watch?
Rijomax is unique in the world, but it has not received the deserved recognition. It is a fascinating invention that has not had the publicity it deserves. The watch is the result of a demanding and meticulous work that is very revealing of the talent and ingenuity of its creator. His genius made him build an object so unusual that it will remain for posterity.
The work of art
The autarchy exhibits a true work of art at the Tourism Office at the county seat. Since 2002, Rijomax has enchanted locals and the curious. This remarkable work was made from recycled materials.
A testimony
Marco Penela, technician at the Municipality of Tabuaço, explained to TSF: “It is the most complete watch in the world. It was built by Mr. Amândio José Ribeiro, between 1945 and 1973, that is, it took 28 years to build ”.
The creator
Amândio José Ribeiro is the talented creator of Rijomax, a work that can be found in Tabuaço, inside the Interactive Tourism Store. The man, who only had the 4th grade, was a native of Pinhel, in the parish of Santa Eufémia, and had a lot of talent.
The inventor of this work of art showed great determination and resilience to build this watch. Amândio José Ribeiro considered it to be the “most complete watch in the world”.
What is certain is that this mysterious work took almost three decades to be completed. It was built between 1945 and 1973. It was over 16 thousand hours of work that its creator invested in the construction of the Rijomax (28 years old !!!). His work allowed him to acquire global fame, as he entered the Guinness Book of Records and has the patent with the number 12931.
Death He was a watchmaker and goldsmith by profession for most of his life, even as a child he already played with watches. He devoted much of his existence and time into turning the Rijomax the most complete watch in the world and he succeeded.
In 2002, the watch was sold to the Municipality of Tabuaço, who was visionary and fair when considering that the watch should be part of the Heritage of the County.
Since Amândio’s death, no one else knew how to put Rijomax to work, after it stopped working. Amândio José Ribeiro was born in 1912, having lived 90 years.
The name RIJOMAX
The curious name “Rijomax” comes after an acronym that links the name of the watch’s creator to the work of art. The explanation is simpler than it may at first appear.
The Ri in RIJOMAX is by Ribeiro, while the Jo in RIJOMAX is by José; Ma in RIJOMAX is from Amândio. Finally, the X in RIJOMAX is to give the watch the common pronunciation of watch brands, such as Timex or Rolex.
Curiosities of Rijomax
The RIJOMAX weighs more than 150 kilos, measuring more than 2 meters. However, huge was the ambition that its creator had for the watch. This is due in addition of having more than 16 thousand digits and letters, the Rijomax is quite complete.
This watch is programmed not only to run for 10,000 centuries, in cycles of 6272 years (which did not happen), but it has many other functions. The clock indicates seconds, minutes, hours, but also the apparent movements of the sun and moon, universal time, lunar time.
This fantastic clock also marks the Equinoxes and Solstices, the phases of the moon, … The Rijomax even marks the sunrise and sunset and also marks the leap years. Inside it has written: “A Mysterious Work: The whole world inside a clock”.
PHOTOS OF TURISMO DO PORTO E NORTE DE PORTUGAL
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The first performance of the song “Dancing Queen” by ABBA was on the night of June 18, 1976, at a pre-wedding party by King Carl Gustaf & Silvia, at the Royal Swedish Opera. The passion for the King’s bride, on the part of the Swedish people, was so great that the most important musical group in the history of Sweden decided to keep the debut of “Dancing Queen”, their biggest hit, for Silvia.
We can see this great moment of world music in this video; Silvia & Carl appear in the final ten seconds. She with a smile from ear to ear, him expressing more happiness than the average of the European kings of the time.
Behind them are Silvia’s parents, the Brazilian Alice and the German Walther!
Very interesting… This photo is from 1937. Students are taking remote classes during the polio pandemic. In Chicago, schools were closed and teachers began to teach on the Radio. Now, in 2021, Family and School are again experiencing a challenging start to the school year. Every time you hit that tightness in your chest, look at this photo and remember: it will pass!
In a first aid course, Firefighters taught the following:
When burns occur, large or small, the first of all is: place the affected part under the tap with cold running water until the heat and the burning of the burn subsides. Then cover the entire length of the wound with EGGWHITE (or GLAIR or ALBUMEN or ICING).
One day, while heating water, a person bumped into the pot and part of the boiling water burned a large part of her hand.
Then she put his burnt hand under the cold tap to relieve the burning sting. The pain was unbearable.
Then she broke two eggs.
She separated the EGGWHITE and put it over the wound. Her hand was so burned, that while she put it lightly over her skin, it dried to form a film.
She knew it was NATURAL COLLAGEN.
And she continued putting in hand, covers and more covers of EGGWHITE for an hour.
A little later she was no longer in pain. The next day, there was only a small reddish mark where the burn had been.
After 10 days there was no longer any mark of that horrible burn.
The burnt part has recovered because of the EGGWHITE which contains a substance called COLLAGEN which, in reality, is a placenta full of regenerating vitamins.
Hope this may help someone in need!
Feel free to share this knowledge with whom you might think could be helped!
It’s life as raw and pure as you can get it… No bright lights, no diamonds, no adornments…
A movie that brings the choices we have to make every single day. Makes you question your part on your family, what to do, what not to do. It also makes you try and find out your story, your parents, your grandparents, your family story.
We are here and we are who we are right now, because of the choices our single member of our family made, and we have to live up to it.
Like JD Vance wrote:
Where we come from is who we are, but we choose every day who we become.
The only sad thing about this movie is that Glenn Close didn’t won the Oscar for “Actress in a supporting role”. She stole this movie, even though all the actors were pitch perfect. I really loved grandmother Mamaw. Cheers to you!
Go watch it and read the book “Hillbilly elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis”!
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