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Rapala (/ ˈ r æ p ə l ɑː / RAP-ə-lah) [1] is a fishing product manufacturing company based in Finland. It was founded in 1936 by Lauri Rapala, who is credited for creating the world's first floating minnow lure carved from cork with a shoemaker's knife, covered with chocolate candy bar wrappers and melted photography film negatives, for a protective outer coating. [2]
Lauri Rapala. Lauri Rapala (1905–1974) was a Finnish fisherman, inventor and the founder of Rapala -Normark Group, the world's largest fishing lure and tackle producer. He died in 1974 at the age of 69. During the course of his life, he married once and fathered seven children. [1] He created one of the first artificial fishing lures in 1936 ...
co-production Portugal-Angola 1996: Les Oubliées: Anne-Laure Folly: documentary: 53min, Portuguese with French subtitles 1998: Dissidence: Zézé Gamboa: documentary: 55min 2004: The Hero: Zézé Gamboa: drama co-prod Angola, Portugal, France 2004: Hollow City: Maria João Ganga: drama 2005 Angola: histórias da música popular Jorge António ...
n/a. The Water supply and sanitation services in Portugal have seen important advances in access to services, technologies used and service quality over the past decades (1980s–1990s), partially achieved thanks to important funds from the European Union. Nevertheless, sanitation still remains relatively low in mountain rural areas and some ...
NA: April 10, 2007 (X360) [ 3] Genre (s) Sports. Mode (s) Single Player. Rapala Tournament Fishing is a fishing video game developed by Fun Labs and Magic Wand Productions and sponsored by Rapala. It was released by Activision on Wii and Xbox 360 in 2006-2007.
Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song " Amor d'água fresca ", composed by Ondina Veloso, with lyrics by Rosa Lobato de Faria, and performed by Veloso herself under her stage name Dina. The Portuguese participating broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) selected its entry at the Festival da Canção 1992.
Alvalade (Portuguese pronunciation: [alvɐˈlaðɨ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and typical quarter of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal.Located in central Lisbon, Alvalade is south of Lumiar and Olivais, west of Marvila, east of São Domingos de Benfica, and north of Avenidas Novas and Areeiro.
21.82 km 2 (8.42 sq mi) Discharge. • location. Atlantic Ocean. Lagoa do Fogo (Lake of Fire) is a crater lake within the Água de Pau Massif stratovolcano in the center of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The highest lake located on the island of São Miguel, the region is protected by governmental ...