Coordinates	38°52′15.56″N77°3′21.46″N
Official name	Franca
Nickname	''Capital do calçado'', ''Cidade das três colinas'' and "Capital do Basquete" ("Footwear capital", "Three hills city and" "Basketball capital")
Motto	"Gentile Meae Paulistae Fidelis"(Latin)"Faithful to my herd of São Paulo"
Image shield	Franca-brasao.jpg
Map caption	Location in São Paulo state.
Coordinates display	inline,title
Coordinates region	BR
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision type1	Region
Subdivision type2	State
Subdivision name	Brazil
Subdivision name1	Southeast
Subdivision name2	São Paulo
Leader title	Mayor
Leader name	Sidnei Franco da Rocha (PSDB)
Area magnitude	1 E9
Area total km2	607.333
Population as of	2008
Population metro	471,383
Area metro km2	3439.78
Population total	327176
Population density km2	538.70
Population density metro km2	137.03
Timezone	UTC-3
Utc offset	-3
Timezone dst	UTC-2
Utc offset dst	-2
Elevation m	1040
Blank name	HDI (2006)
Blank info	0.820 – high
Website
Footnotes	}}

Franca is a large city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, located at 20º32'19"S; 47º24'03'W at 1040 m altitude. Estimated population in 2008 was 327,176 inhabitants. Franca is the municipal seat of Franca municipality.

History

The history of the region of Franca begins at the time of the Bandeirantes explorers. The ''bandeira'' or ''entrada'' of Anhangüera (the son) in 1722 established the “way of Goiás,” a trail from São Paulo to the gold mines in Goiás. Along this and other trails settlements were made, becoming the so-called "landings" or way-stations for the gold seekers. Franca was known at the time of the Bandeirantes as the “catfish landing.”

At the end of the 18th century, settlers had dispersed into the region in several of these landings. In 1779, around 1000 people lived in the area around Franca . To better organize the settlement, a Decree Company was created and the Portuguese Captain Manoel de Almeida was put in charge. At the beginning of the 19th century, the sons of Manoel de Almeida (Antonio Antunes de Almeida and Vicente Ferreira de Almeida) donated lands for the construction of a chapel, which in turn was blessed by the priest Joaquin Martins Rodrigues. With the decline of mining activity in Minas Gerais and Goiás, more settlers migrated to the "Belo Sertão do Rio Pardo" (beautiful valley of the Pardo River), under the sponsorship of the governador of São Paulo, Antônio José de Franca e Horta, after whom the city and municipality are named.

In 1816 the "village of Franca" was officially founded by King João VI. In 1821, Minas Gerais attempted to annex the region, but due to local resistance, the attempt failed. The city motto stems from this time. The city's name was changed to "Vila Franca do Imperador", but it was shortened afterwards to "Franca".

With the expansion of coffee plantations throughout northeastern São Paulo state, many immigrants, mainly Italian, arrived in Franca. From the knowledge and hard work of these immigrants, the city's first industry, shoe manufacturing, was developed in the 1920s.

Franca took part in the Constitutional Revolution of 1932, in which six of her citizens died for São Paulo.

The city is now distinguished as an important center for the Brazilian footwear industry, although coffee continues today as one of the main sources of the city's revenues.

Geography

Franca is located in the northeastern region of the state of São Paulo. It is the center of the state's 14th administrative region. The municipality of Franca borders Batatais, Cristais Paulista, and Patrocínio Paulista in São Paulo state, and Ibiraci and Claraval in Minas Gerais state. The climate of the city is subtropical highland (''Cwb'', according to the Köppen climate classification), with dry winters and wet summers, with rains from October to March. The temperatures are mild throughout the year. In hydrography, Franca is in the Canoas River basin, and this river provides the water supply of the city.

Franca has a considerably high terrain, with an altitude of about 1,040 m above sea level. Local soils are sandy, and the vegetation is dominated by grasslands. Forests are restricted to hilly slopes.

Temperatures

Demography

Total: 328.473 inhabitants on July 1, 2006.

* Urban: 324.138

* Rural: 6.999

Demographic density (hab./km²): 473,80

Child mortality until 1 year (in 1000): 12,66 = 1,26%

Life expectancy (years): 73,03

Fertility (children per women): 2,26

Literacy: 96,37%

HDI : 0,820

* HDI-M Income: 0,755

* HDI-M Longevity: 0,800

* HDI-M Education: 0,906

(Source: IPEA DATA)

Hidrography

Rio das Canoas

Rio Pouso Alegre

Rio São João

Ribeirão Salgado

Roads

SP-334 - Candido Portinari, (Franca to Ribeirão Preto)

SP-345 - Engenheiro Ronan Rocha, (Franca to Minas Gerais)

SP-345 - Prefeito Fábio Talarico, (Franca to Barretos)

Minor highways

- Felipe Calixto (north quarter to Ribeirão Corrente)

- João Traficante (east quarter to Ibiraci/MG)

- Engenho Queimado (west quarter to Ribeirão Corrente)

- Nestor Ferreira (west quarter to Restinga)

- Rio Negro e Solimões (south quarter to Batatais)

- Tancredo Neves (east quarter to Claraval/MG)

Government

Mayor Sidnei Rocha (of the PSDB party) was elected in October 2004 and took office on January 1, 2005. His term is four years, and he is in office for the second time. The City Council is composed of 15 aldermen.

Notable Francanos

Regina Duarte, Brazilian television actress

Abdias do Nascimento - scholar, artist, and politician.

João do Amaral Gurgel - Brazilian businessman

References

External links

Francasite - town portal - official website - virtual guide

Franca View - Guide digital of Franca

Municipal Government website

Category:Populated places in São Paulo (state) Category:Populated places established in 1856

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A lingua franca (or working language, bridge language, vehicular language) is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a mother tongue, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both mother tongues.

Characteristics

"Lingua franca" is a functionally defined term, independent of the linguistic history or structure of the language: though pidgins and creoles often function as lingua francas, many such languages are neither pidgins nor creoles. Whereas a ''vernacular'' language is used as a native language in a single speaker community, a ''lingua franca'' goes beyond the boundaries of its original community, and is used as a second language for communication between communities. For example, English is a vernacular in the United Kingdom, but is used as a vehicular language (that is, a ''lingua franca'') in the Philippines.

International auxiliary languages such as Esperanto are generally intended by their designers to function as lingua francas, but they have historically had a relatively low level of adoption and use and therefore cannot be described as lingua francas in the functional sense.

Etymology

The original Lingua Franca was a mixed language composed mostly (80%) of Italian with a broad vocabulary drawn from Turkish, French, Greek, Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish. It was in use throughout the eastern Mediterranean as the language of commerce and diplomacy in and around the Renaissance era. At that time, Italian speakers dominated seaborne commerce in the port cities of the Ottoman empire. ''Franca'' was the Italian word for ''Frankish''. Its usage in the term ''lingua franca'' originated from its meaning in Arabic and Greek, dating from before the Crusades and during the Middle Ages, whereby all Western Europeans were called "Franks" or ''Faranji'' in Arabic and ''Phrankoi'' in Greek during the times of the late Eastern Roman Empire. The term ''lingua franca'' is first recorded in English in 1678.

Examples

Examples of lingua francas are numerous, and exist on every continent. The most obvious example today is English, which is the current lingua franca of international business, science, technology, and aviation. There are many other lingua francas centralized on particular regions, such as Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish.

The popularity of languages changes over time, and there are many lingua francas that are of historical importance. For example, French was the language of European diplomacy from the 17th century until the mid-20th century. Until the early 20th century, Classical Chinese served as both the written lingua franca and the diplomatic language in Far East Asia including China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, the Ryūkyū Kingdom, and Vietnam. Arabic became the "lingua franca" of the Arab/Islamic Empire (from CE 733 – 1492), which at a certain point spread from the borders of China and Northern India through Central Asia, Persia, Asia Minor, Middle East, North Africa all the way to Spain and Portugal in the west. In their modern forms, these languages are all still significant lingua francas today.

See also

Universal language

World language

Mutual intelligibility

Language contact

Mixed language

International English

Esperanto

International auxiliary language

List of languages by number of native speakers

References

Further reading

Heine, Bernd (1970). ''Status and Use of African Lingua Francas''. ISBN 3-8039-0033-6

Kahane, Henry Romanos (1958). ''The Lingua Franca in the Levant''.

R. A. Hall, Jr. (1966). ''Pidgin and Creole Languages'', Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-0173-9.

MELATTI, Julio Cezar (1983). ''Índios do Brasil''. São Paulo:Hucitec Press, 48^th edition

External links

English - the universal language on the Internet?

''Lingua franca del Mediterraneo o Sabir'' of professor Francesco Bruni (in Italian).

Sample texts from Juan del Encina, ''Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme'', Carlo Goldoni's ''L'Impresario da Smyrna'', Diego de Haedo and other sources.

An introduction to the original Mediterranean Lingua Franca.

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Coordinates	38°52′15.56″N77°3′21.46″N
honorific-prefix	The Honourable
name	Robin Walker
honorific-suffix	MP
office2	Member of Parliament for Worcester
majority2	2,982 (6.1%)
predecessor2	Michael Foster
successor2	Incumbent
term start2	6 May 2010
birth date	June 04, 1978
birth place	West Midlands
nationality	English
party	Conservative
relations	Peter, Lord Walker (father)
residence	Worcester
alma mater	St. Paul's School (Barnes, London)Balliol College at the University of Oxford
occupation	MP
profession	Businessman
website	http://www.walker4worcester.com
footnotes	}}

The Hon. Robin Caspar Walker (born 4 June 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Worcester constituency. He was selected for the seat in August 2006.

His father was Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, who was MP for Worcester from 1961 to 1992.

Education

Walker was educated at St. Paul's School in Barnes, West London, followed by a scholarship to Balliol College at the University of Oxford in Oxford, where he read Ancient and Modern History.

Life and career

Walker has campaigned in three elections, working for Worcester man and then Secretary of State for Health, Stephen Dorrell in 1997, for Richard Adams, the Conservative Candidate for Worcester in 2001 and as press officer for Oliver Letwin, then Shadow Chancellor, in 2005.

He set up his own internet business on leaving university. More recently he has pursued a successful career in the City of London with the financial communications company, Finsbury Group, advising the Chief Executives and Finance Directors of some of the country's leading industrial companies on their communications with the press and the financial community.

Robin is a long-term supporter of both Worcester RFC "The Worcester Warriors" and the Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Indeed, he wore the Worcestershire CCC tie whilst delivering his maiden parliamentary speech in the House of Commons.

In 2010 he defeated incumbent MP Mike Foster to win the Worcester seat, eighteen years after his father retired as a Member of Parliament and joined the House of Lords.

References

External links

Worcester Conservatives

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Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs Category:Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Category:UK MPs 2010–

Coordinates	38°52′15.56″N77°3′21.46″N
name	Pete Tong
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Peter Tong
born	July 31, 1960Hartley, Kent, England
genre	ElectronicaBalearicHouse
occupation	Disc jockeyMusic producer
website

Peter "Pete" Tong (born July 30, 1960) is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is known worldwide by fans of electronic music for hosting programmes such as ''Essential Mix'' and ''Essential Selection'' on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records, and for his own performances at nightclubs and Music Festivals across the globe. Tong has also worked as a record producer and is known by the nickname of Lord of the Dance.

The phrase ''"It's all gone Pete Tong"'', where the name is used as rhyming slang for ''"wrong"'', was reputedly first coined by Paul Oakenfold in late 1987 in an article about Acid House called 'Bermondsey Goes Balearic' for Terry Farley and Pete Heller's 'Boys Own' Fanzine. ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' is also the title of a 2004 film which portrays a fictional DJ's experiences as he realizes he is becoming deaf. Tong appears briefly in the film. It is also the name Tong has adopted for his club night at the nightclub Pacha in Ibiza.

In 2008 he was involved with the founding of the International music summit in Ibiza.

Early years

Pete Tong was born in Hartley, Kent in July 1960 and was educated at King's School, Rochester, Kent.

Tong's original musical interest was in drumming, but he soon moved on to DJing. He played his first public gig at a friend's wedding aged 15. While at school he and a couple of friends earned some extra money by promoting a couple of local bands, booking halls for gigs etc. He also worked as part of the Kent "Soul Mafia" bringing soul weekenders to seaside towns like Caister-on-Sea and Prestatyn. Tong was heavily influenced by the late DJ Froggy in his early years and most of Tong's success is down to Froggy's originality in style of record mixing presentation.

Initially after leaving school he set up a mobile disco based in a transit van, but he soon started his own club in Baker Street called ''Family Function''. He also booked bands for an alternative night, the first of which was the then unknown Culture Club. Later he became DJ/Promoter at the Kings Lodge club in West Kingsdown and quickly gained a faithful following, who were prepared to travel from far and wide on a Wednesday night to hear him playing underground Jazz, Funk and Soul. Later moving venue to the Hill Top also in West Kingsdown, he was responsible for breaking classics such as Lonnie Liston Smith's "Expansions" and Ritchie Cole's "Groovin on a New York Afternoon".

In 1979, he became a staff writer for ''Blues & Soul Magazine''. After a year he was promoted to features editor, a position he would hold until 1983. He left Blues & Soul to join London Records as an A&R; manager.

Through his connections in London Records Tong was exposed to the newly emerging house music sound from Chicago. In 1986, Tong organised a compilation album, ''The House Sound of Chicago, Vol. 1'', the first British release to gather and expose this genre.

Radio career

Tong's first appearance on radio was in the late 1970s on Radio Invicta 92.4fm, Europe's first soul station. He joined a rotation of nightclub djs including Steve Walsh, Chris Hill, Chris Brown and others to present monthly guest shows. Later he appeared on local radio station BBC Radio Medway in the 'Soul Mafia' and doing occasional mixes for Radio London. In 1981 he made his first appearance on Radio 1 hosting a 15 minute feature on Peter Powell's show, playing the new tracks and covering the latest gossip and news from the dance world.

When Invicta Radio started up in Kent in 1984, Tong joined them to host a regular soul show, where assisted by local Kent journalist Eddie Gordon of the ''Kent Messenger'' he built up a big county profile. Tong stayed at Invicta until 1987. He was then hired by Capital Radio in 1988 at the suggestion of DJ Jeff Young to present a weekly dance programme. DJ Jeff Young having initially been offered the slot by Capital went to BBC Radio 1 to broadcast a weekly Friday night show called ''The Big Beat''.

In 1991 Tong returned to national radio taking over the "hot" Friday night slot from the retiring Jeff Young. Thus Tong began his long stint as the host of the Essential Selection.

The ''Essential Selection'' was a BBC Radio 1 show that aired on Sunday afternoons before the chart show then as it gained popularity moved to Friday nights from 6-9pm between 1991 and 2006. From 29 September 2006 onwards, the show dropped its name in the UK from Essential Selection and was referred to as simply "Pete Tong: The Official Start To The Weekend", airing from 7-9pm until 2009 when it changed to 9-11pm. The programme showcases the latest dance & electronic music, and informs listeners what club nights are on around the United Kingdom at weekends. It is endorsed by Radio 1 as the official start to the weekend, and attracts one of the highest audiences for a radio show in the UK. There are no plans to change this successful format.

DJing

Tong is one of England`s most recognised DJs. From 2003 to 2007 he was resident at the Pacha nightclub in Ibiza, drawing people from all over the world to his ''Pure Pacha'' nights. In 2008 he left Pacha and signed with Eden in Sant Antoni de Portmany to host his own Wonderland night. In March 2011 he announced that he would be returning to Pacha on Friday nights with his new event named 'All Gone Pete Tong'

References

External links

Pete Tong's Wonderland website

Pete Tong Interview - Laptoprockers (2009)

Pete Tong Interview (2006)

Pete Tong discography at Discogs

Interview with ''DJ Times'', 2000

Video; Pete Tong interviewed by Paul Morley, 2010

Further reading

"Pete Tong Issues a Wikipedia Correction and Announces Concert at Mansion October 27" blog post by S. Pajot on "CrossFade, the Music Blog", Tue., Oct. 19 2010 @ 1:00PM, accessed October 19, 2010

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Coordinates	38°52′15.56″N77°3′21.46″N
Name	Ahmad Zahir
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Ahmad Zahir
Born	June 14, 1946 laghman, Afghanistan
Died	June 14, 1979 Salang, Parwan Province, Afghanistan
Genre	''Boozy''-rock, pop, ghazals
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, composer
Instrument	Harmonium, piano, accordion, Farfisa, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, combo organ
Years active	1967–1979
Label	Afghan Music, Aj Musik, EMI, Music Center }}

Ahmad Zahir (Pashto/ - ''Aḥmad Zāhir''; 14 June 1946 – 14 June 1979) was a singer, songwriter, and composer from Afghanistan. He is considered an icon of music in Afghanistan and is sometimes called the "King of Afghan music". Almost all of his songs are in Persian and based on well-recognized Persian poems, while a few are in Pashto and English.

Biography

Zahir was born on June 14, 1946 (Jauza 24, 1325 of the Jalali calendar) in Laghman. His father, Abdul Zahir, was a royal court doctor, minister of health, Prime Minister of Afghanistan between 1971 and 1972, speaker of the parliament and an influential figure in the Zahir Shah era who helped write the Constitution of Afghanistan. Ahmad Zahir belonged to the Pashtun ethnic group but he lived in Kabul, so he also used Dari language.

Ahmad Zahir attended Habibia High School in Kabul in the early 1960s. He sang and played the accordion in a band mainly consisting of his friends and classmates including Omar Sultan on guitar, Farid Zaland on congas and Kabir Howaida on piano. The band later became known as the amateur band of Habibia High School and performed in local concerts during celebratory occasions like Nowruz, Eid, and Afghan Independence Day.

He later attended and graduated from ''Daru' l-Malimeen'' ("Teachers' College") in Kabul, then continued his higher education for two more years in India to get a degree as an English instructor. Eventually, however, he decided that music was his true calling. Ahmad Zahir began his solo career composing songs based on well-recognized Persian poems. His first recorded song, "Gar Kuni Yak Nizara", was his own composition, sung in the pilu raga. He continued writing and recording songs such as "Azeezam Ba Yaadat", "Ahista-ahista", "Akhir Ay Darya", "Hama Yaranam", "Agar Sabza Boodam", "Guftam Ke Mekhwaham Tura", "Shabe Ze Shabha" and "Parween-e Man".

Zahir worked with mentors such as Ismail Azami (saxophonist), Nangalai (trumpeter), Abdullah Etemadi (drummer), and other musicians including Salim Sarmast, Naynawaz, Taranasaz, and Mas'hour Jamal. He recorded over 22 albums in the 1970s. His songs were noted for their mellifluous tone, poetic style, compelling depth, and passionate emotional evocation. His lyrics covered a wide range of subjects. Many of his songs contained autobiographical elements or political criticism of Afghanistan's government. As a result many of his recordings were destroyed by the government.

The king professionally was on the scene of Aghan Music for only 10 years at max; however, the king managed to record a record number of albums which was more than 30 albums, this was and is unheard of in any music industry around the world, to note, all these albums were superhits and widely accepted (to this date) by everyone. The kings managed to complete these recordings almost 40yrs ago with almost no technology of today's world, and all was done in live recordings. It is said the kings recorded his Arian Music Album 1 in one day, that had more than 12 songs, all live. Long live the King Ahmad Zahir...

Death and legacy

Zahir died on June 14, 1979, on his 33rd birthday. According to his son Rishad, Zahir "was assassinated by the order of a communist general named Daud Taroon, who used one of Ahmad Zahir’s best friends as an accomplice to carry out his orders". Ahmad Zahir’s political stance was at odds with the communist government of the time who claimed that he had died in a car accident. A large crowd of mourners attended Zahir's funeral in Kabul, clogging the city streets and bringing daily activities to a halt.

After his death Zahir became a national hero and his image was mythologized by the Afghan people. Because of his privileged family background, Zahir helped to establish music as a more respected profession which in turn led to the founding of The Kabul Music School in 1974.

Ahmad Zahir's son Rishad Zahir currently lives in the United States.

Discography

Afghan Music albums

''Vol. 1 - Dilak am'' (1973)

''Vol. 2 - Bahar'' (1973)

''Vol. 3 - Shab ha ye zulmane'' (1974)

''Vol. 4 - Mother'' (1974)

''Vol. 5 - Awara'' (1975)

''Vol. 6 - Ghulam-e Qamar'' (1975)

''Vol. 7 - Sultan Qalbaam'' (1976)

''Vol. 8 - Az Ghamat Hy Nazaneen'' (1976)

''Vol. 9 - Gulbadaan'' (1971)

''Vol. 10 - Yaare Bewafa'' (1977)

''Vol. 11 - Lylee'' (1977)

''Vol. 12 - Ahmad Zahir and Jila'' (1978)

''Vol. 13 - Ahange Zindagee'' (1978)

''Vol. 14 - Shab-e Hijraan'' (1979) (posthumous release)

Note: Audio cassette versions of many of Zahir's ''Afghan Music'' albums are missing some songs that are present on the original vinyl records.

Ariana Music albums

''Vol. 1 - Daard-e Dil'' (1972)

''Vol. 2 - Mosum-e Gul'' (1977)

Note: The original ''Ariana Music'' record albums contain many hidden tracks.

Music Center albums

''Vol. 1 - Ashiq rooyat Mon'' (1973)

''Vol. 2 - Neshe Gashdum'' (1976)

''Vol. 3 - Lylee Jaan'' (1977)

''Vol. 4 - Ahmad Zahir Ba Sitara Haa'' (1977)

''Vol. 5 - To Baamanee'' (1978)

Private albums

''Shamali''

''Hindi Songs''

''Afghanistan Songs''

''Agar Bahar Byayad''

''Ahmad Zahir & Nainawaaz''

''Almase-Sharq''

''Gulhaayi-Jawedan''

''Gulhayi Nafaramoshshuda''

''Khateraha''

''Khudaat-Medani Guleman''

''Laily-Laily-Jan''

''Raaze-Penhan''

''Soorodhayie-Jawedan''

''Yaad-Mandaha''

''Zindani''

Other discography information

He has over 10 private recording albums from 1965–1978.

He only recorded 2 music videos in Radio Kabul TV: "Laylee Jaan" in 1976 and "Khuda Buwat Yarret" in 1977.

Ahmad Zahir recorded several songs in ''Radio Kabul'' and ''Radio Afghanistan'' studios which later came out as albums. Eight of these albums have been released.

References

External links

AhmadZahir.com Official website

Category:1946 births Category:1979 deaths Category:Afghan musicians Category:Afghan singers Category:Pashtun people Category:Persian music

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