This is a list of real and virtual currency exchange rates against the US dollar. The values listed represent the amount of a given currency you can expect to be able to purchase for 1 USD. Real world currencies are updated daily from the Federal Reserve Bank. The Linden Dollar is updated daily from the LindeX service. All other virtual currencies are updated daily from GameUSD.com. Suggestions for additional virtual currencies are welcome, as long as you can provide a publicly accessible URL containing the currency data. Please leave a comment. The data is also available as an XML document and as JSON, and you are free to use it any way you please. CurrencyCurrency CodeValueAustralian dollarAUD1.34Brazilian realBRL2.30Canadian dollarCAD1.15Swiss francCHF1.28City of Heroes influenceCHI2631578.95Chinese yuanCNY8.07Dark Age of Camelot platinumDCP0.29Danish kroneDKK6.17EverQuest 2 goldE2G5.88EverQuest platinumEQP1851.85European Union euroEUR0.83EVE Online ISKEVK2500000.00Final Fantasy XI gilFFG55897.15Poun

GuildWars PvP Primer:The PvP Primer article series was constructed to help new players get started in PvP, and much of what has been covered you have been able to try out on your own, without finding a team. Beyond what we've been able to teach in this series, PvP has a wealth of complex features, and much of this complexity results from the ongoing interaction of players, teams, skills, builds, and maps to create unexpected synergy or to flawlessly execute common strategies. Two teams, for example, can take the same build and play it differently, depending on individual player strengths, the tactical ability of the leader, the map, and the opposing team. We could try to describe the many intricacies of this process, but you'll have better luck by just jumping in and accumulating your own PvP experience.This final lesson in the Primer series offers some resources that can help you as you continue improving your PvP skills. It also provides some information about the arenas you will encounter as you continue

Petras' powerful new book is titled 'The Power of Israel in the United States' VHeadline.com commentarist Stephen Lendman writes: James Petras is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. He's a noted academic figure on the US Left and a well-respected Latin American expert and longtime chronicler of the region's popular struggles. He's also an advisor to the landless workers in Brazil and the unemployed workers movement in Argentina.Along the way, he managed to find time to write many hundreds of articles and 62 books published in 29 languages including his latest one in which he discusses another vital world region he has extensive knowledge of and has written frequently about -- the Middle East and specifically the state of Israel and its relations with its neighbors, the Palestinians and, most importantly and the subject of this book, the US. Petras' powerful new book is titled 'The Power of Israel in the United States.'It's a work of epic writing and essential re

111 Liverpool Street, Sydney DJs: SeFu, Lilo, Troy T, Air Rik, Def Rok, and MC Jayson Infoline: 0410495633 Tickets/Entry: $20 FREE tixs available at metroside.com Live, Hot and Sexy, VBar's got it all when Platinum One Entertainment hosts Sydneys hottests new VIP Bar. Featuring the cream of Sydney's clubbing scene, style, class and opulence all to the background blend of R&B, Ol'Skool, Reggaeton and the sexiest Funky House over two rooms and outside courtyard. Featuring DJs Sefu, Lilo, Troy T, Air Rik, Def Rok, and MC Jayson More Info: www.metroside.com/default.asp?page=showpages

Harbourside, Darling Harbour

DJs: Sefu, Troy T, Def Rok, Air Rik, Lilo & MC Jayson

Infoline: 0410495633

Tickets/Entry: $89.90 + BF

Platinum One Entertainment delivers the party of the year as the Southern Hemisphere's leading urban club experience once again presents the hottest New Years Eve Party in town.

By massive and overwhelming public demand, the New Years Eve Party of 04 returns to THE WATERSHED. SOLD OUT 3 WEEKS IN ADVANCE last year, the hottest ticket in town once again presents Australia's No.1 DJs & MCs mixing the sexiest R&B grooves non-stop to the early hours over 3 pumping levels including the ultimate outdoor courtyard.

The Watershed Harbourside, Darling Harbour

DJs: Sefu, Troy T, Lilo, Def Rok, G-Wizard, Air Rik and MC Jayson.

Infoline: 1300 RNB 153

Tickets/Entry: $20 / With Tixs 2 4 1 Entry

Every 2nd Saturday the Watershed Darling Harbour explodes into a new dimension of RNB, latino & grooves. Hosted by Australia's most exciting and electric Dee Jays and MC's, deep blu is set to take your breath away and drive clubbing to a new level.

Whilst overlooking picturesque Darling Harbour, experience clubbing at the highest intensity over 3 levels including an outdoor courtyard. Become possessed by the state-of-art lighting and sound systems whilst USA rapper & extraordinaire Emcee Dice delievers his hop-hop rhyming and beats to the hands in the air anthems of DJ Sefu, Troy T, Lilo, G-Wizard and DefRock.

The Watershed Harbourside, Darling Harbour

DJs: Sefu, Troy T, Lilo, Def Rok, G-Wizard, Air Rik and MC Jayson.

Infoline: 1300 RNB 153

Tickets/Entry: $20 / With Tixs 2 4 1 Entry

Every 2nd Saturday the Watershed Darling Harbour explodes into a new dimension of RNB, latino & grooves. Hosted by Australia's most exciting and electric Dee Jays and MC's, deep blu is set to take your breath away and drive clubbing to a new level.

Whilst overlooking picturesque Darling Harbour, experience clubbing at the highest intensity over 3 levels including an outdoor courtyard. Become possessed by the state-of-art lighting and sound systems whilst USA rapper & extraordinaire Emcee Dice delievers his hop-hop rhyming and beats to the hands in the air anthems of DJ Sefu, Troy T, Lilo, G-Wizard and DefRock.

Producers Mishuadre & ZedekDjah have formed Tercera Vizion which is in the styles of Latin Hip-Hop, Reggaeton & Dance

Check out the vibe .....

Give A shout out say what you feel join the latin rhythms

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The Watershed Harbourside, Darling Harbour

Sydney, get ready, the largest club in the Southern Hemisphere brings you the hottest Grand Opening ticket in town.

DJs: Sefu, Troy T, Lilo, Def Rok, G-Wizard, Air Rik and MC Jayson. Special Guests, Carl Alley, Don Juan and Emcee Dice

Infoline: 1300 RNB 153

Tickets/Entry: $20 / With Complementary Tickets Free

Sydney, get ready, the largest club in the Southern Hemisphere brings you the hottest Grand Opening ticket in town.

On Saturday 22nd January (and every 2nd Saturday thereafter), the Watershed Darling Harbour explodes into a new dimension of RNB, latino & grooves. Hosted by Australia\'s most exciting and electric Dee Jays and MC\'s, deep blu is set to take your breath away and drive clubbing to a new level.

Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour

Superjamm on the Waterfront, across two big venues, Pontoon Bar, hands in the air rnb anthems and Wallaby Bar, Ol Skool & Latin

DJs: Lilo, Sefu, Troy T, Def Rok, Air Rik, G-Wizard, with MCs Sesh and Jayson

Infoline: 1300 rnb 153 / 0415 50 50 77

Tickets/Entry: $20 / Free with compliementary tickets

It is that time again. SuperJamm on the Waterfront / Sunday, Boxing Day Long Weekend, 26th December. rnb, hip hop and latin as two phat venues combine at Darling Harbour Marina & Cockle Bay.

From Marina del Rey Los Angeles to Miami Florida, experience the cristal in long weekend urban entertainment as the world famous superjaamm series explodes over 2 huge venues at Cockle Bay Marina

By massive and overwhelming public demand, the party of the year comes alive to the best R&B, Hip-Hop, Latin-groove under the stars. The hottest ticket in town offers the ultimate front-row views of Sydney\'s NYE Fireworks spectacular set to the grand background and stunning views of Darling Harbour

Set over 3 levels, the outside courtyard will be jumping to the spins of DJ Def Rok and DJ G-Wizard whilst Sefu smashes the hands in the air anthems in the main room. Latin beats fused with sexy rnb comes delivered by no other than DJ Don Juan as resident DJ Troy T finishes off the ol\'skool treats on the Terrace.

Mixtress Lisa J has been dazzling audiences with her unique turntable skills for over 15 years. Her innovative and fresh approach to "spinning" and "sound" manipulation has provided Lisa J with the atmosphere and desire to cultivate a rare connection between DJ, producer, and performer. This personal relationship with music has allowed Lisa J to create tantalizing riffs of music uncharacteristic of traditional scratching and mixing, yet transcendental and funkdified in nature. The end result is a plethora of grooves and moods inviting club goers to enter into her realm for the evening's journey into musical euphoria as she plays her set. In order to create those unique sounds and rhythms infused by Hip-Hop, House, Soul, Funk, Reggae, Brazilian, Cumbia and Latin Jazz influences; Mixtress Lisa J has flooded herself with study and appreciation of musical works from amongst the world's musical genres available from all continents.

Mixtress Lisa J has been dazzling audiences with her unique turntable skills for over 15 years. Her innovative and fresh approach to "spinning" and "sound" manipulation has provided Lisa J with the atmosphere and desire to cultivate a rare connection between DJ, producer, and performer. This personal relationship with music has allowed Lisa J to create tantalizing riffs of music uncharacteristic of traditional scratching and mixing, yet transcendental and funkdified in nature. The end result is a plethora of grooves and moods inviting club goers to enter into her realm for the evening's journey into musical euphoria as she plays her set. In order to create those unique sounds and rhythms infused by Hip-Hop, House, Soul, Funk, Reggae, Brazilian, Cumbia and Latin Jazz influences; Mixtress Lisa J has flooded herself with study and appreciation of musical works from amongst the world's musical genres available from all continents.

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by Mark Kirby,

Whether you call it praise music or New Jack gospel, this genre is most often a classic case of "preaching to the choir," with song lyrics lifted artlessly from the King James bible and histrionic music calculated to "reach out and touch somebody's hand." Dear god. Luckily, Charles Laster II and Silvia Pratesi don't make this mistake on their new record Journey of Life. Their songs reference salvation, heaven, and living the Christian life but, like secular soul music, have an uplifting universality. Those of us who aren't Christian - agnostics, Muslims, those whose spirituality can't be pigeonholed - can still understand the positive spirituality that is the wellspring of Laster and Pratesi's music, and still get our groove on. Laster, who composed the excellent lyrics, and Pratesi, who created most of!

the music with a seamless combination of live musicians and samples, remind us how gospel and rhythm and blues gave birth to soul music in the early sixties and how a new kind of s

Here, Pitbull (Mr “too latin for hip hop and too hip hop for latin”) strikes again with his latest studio album, The Boatlift, delivering just what we have come to expect from him – 60 minutes of jam packed entertainment. An undisputed force in the reggaeton movement, Pitbull is more than just your average rapper. He’s involved in the writing of almost everything on the album and uses a wide range of producers, including Lil Jon and Play N Skillz. Pitbull is known for his killer beats, and catchy hooks that usually showcase at least one other artist. Besides releasing several records of his own, he’s also featured in many chart-topping remixes for other Latin and hip hop based artists. On top of all this, the chico can actually rap. For the rest of the review check out: http://www.planeturban.com.au/album_reviews/album_pitbull_boatlift

"A world class Latin band" - Rhythms Magazine

Captivating, lively and utterly addictive - 10-piece Latin outfit San Lazaro are set to embark on their long awaited nationwide tour and you better believe you're going to dance!

The band, consisting of members from Chilean, Spanish, Indian, Mauritian, Persian, Irish, Greek and Australian backgrounds, dish up the kind of cross cultural funk that's seen their fanbase swell since their inception four years ago. Indeed, for San Lazaro, music is driven by passion, not genre bias, with the collective embracing everything from hip hop, rock and reggae, all infused with the band's trademark Latin flava.

Led by celebrated young female percussionist and timbale player Nasrine Rahmani (Tumbarumba, The Oxo Cubans), San Lazaro's music comes alive through outstanding Spanish language rapper and conga player Sebastian Orellana and seasoned Chilean vocalist Franshesco Viran who shines up front. Oscar Poncell is the man who commands the driving 'Montunto' played on the C

(PRWEB) February 11, 2008 -- Australian songwriters and artists dominate the 2007 International Songwriting Competition (ISC), with a staggering 34 finalists and 32 semi-finalists. Selected from more than 15,000 entries from 100 countries worldwide, this is the first time in ISC history that a country outside of North America has produced so many semi-finalists and finalists in any one competition.

ISC is recognized as one of the most prestigious songwriting competitions in the world. Renowned for its high caliber of judges and prizes, ISC has been called "the songwriting competition to take note of" by the The New York Times. Judges include iconic celebrities such as Tom Waits, Nelly Furtado, Robert Smith (The Cure), Black Francis (Pixies), Ray Davies (The Kinks), Loretta Lynn, and many more. Also included on the judging panel are many record label executives, including the Presidents of Epic and Universal Records.

Australians have also set another record for ISC - for having the first artist ever

The Liberating Experience of Hip-Hop in My Music!

By Danny C. Sillada

INTRODUCTION

As a Filipino multi-media artist, I must humbly admit, I don't only compose and sing ethnic songs, needless to mention my ethno-techno compositions, but I also write and perform hip-hop music.

But why Hip-hop?

I. BRIEF HISTORY OF "PINOY HOP-HOP"

Honestly, though, I am new to hip-hop culture especially to the so-called "Pinoy Hip-Hop", imported from America and became prominent in the Philippines via some Filipino mainstream artists in the 1980s, but suddenly lost momentum in the early 1990s, and later resurfaced in the late 1990s onwards.

Among those forerunners of "new Filipino hip-hop generation" are young university college students who, out of disillusionment from authorities and the society, used hip-hop as a potent tool for protest and "self-expression".

One of these progressive groups, some have already graduated with degrees, is called "AMPON" (Absolute Messages Personified Over Noise). They come

Release Date: 1st December 2007

Label/Distributor: Vitamin Records

Step aboard the aircraft and prepare for take off. Leave reality in the departure lounge and step into a world of passion, emotion and multi-layered sonic delight as Tijuana Cartel whisk you away on a 54 minute joyride of mammoth proportions.

From Paul George and Carey O'Sullivan - the artists who brought you the critically acclaimed album 'Welcome Traveller' courtesy of their Audio Shaman project, comes the next captivating chapter in their musical endeavours. 'Frequent Flyers - Redeemed' sees the talented duo turn up the tempo as they team up with MC/DJ Reagan Hoskins, and percussionist Daniel Gonzale to deliver a diverse sound scape of flamenco and slide guitars, beguiling Middle Eastern vocals, electronic world beats, ethnic percussion and poetic social commentary.

Propelled by the acoustic-led first single 'Holiday in Baghdad' which has already been causing waves having been was chosen as the feature track for the Billabong s

Illustrious Swedish dance music producer Tiger Stripes (aka D"Malicious, aka 12th Floor) brings his own brand of boogie to the dance floor. Having done at least two EP's for King Street / Nite Grooves, we couldn't help but ask him to grace us all with a debut full-length album. What he turned out was an unparalleled 73-plus minute CD containing a mostly instrumental mixture of dark yet unobtrusive tech, Latin-infused, jazzy riffs, pumping basslines, disco-stringed, pure head- nodding percussion, soulfully melodic tunes.

KCD 253 - USA Release Date: 9/18/07

UK & European Release Date: 9/17/07

"There are two kinds of truths: those of reasoning and those of fact. The truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; the truths of fact are contingent and their opposites are possible." -Gottfried Leibnitz, Monadology

In aesthetics, art is understood and presented as a revelation of truth. The word revelation comes from Latin "velum/revelare" which is, to unveil or disclose something that is hidden. It means that, in the beginning, something is concealed or being kept secret until an appropriate time is ripened for its disclosure.

There are three essential elements in unveiling the truth: the knower, the object to be known and the tangible existence between the knower and the object to be known. Here, it is assumed that the first two elements of knowing the truth exist, otherwise, the presentation or disclosure of the unknown will never be revealed. In this case, the "object to be known" and the "knower" must exist and occupy space and time to complete the revelation.

The Heron’s Secret: Maxine Syjuco as Performance Artist

"Modern art touches a sore spot, or several sore spots, in the ordinary citizen of which he is totally unaware. The more irritated he becomes at modern art the more he betrays the fact that he himself, and his civilization, are implicated in what the artist shows him." (William Barrett, Irrational Man)

When the heron* walks before sundown on the rice field during summer, it is like a mythic figure from a distance. The dainty steps, the delicate white plumage, the well-defined long neck with tapering bill – creating an elegant step on the carabao** sludge as though it were a goddess coming down from her celestial garden.

Gentle and placid, the heron would woo the carabao to let it ride on its back and pick the insects feasting on the latter’s skin covered with mire. After completing its seem

Santalina and KC Jockey shaking to the top

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Listen to SHAKE on www.myspace.com/kcjockey

Filipino-born R & B sensation Santalina has teamed up Jamaican-born dancehall singer K.C Jockey to record a single, 'Shake' that is getting major buzz in the United States, and was added to the playlists of 250 radio stations on Monday of this week.

"We're getting a phenomenal response from people so far. I have an email list of over 1000 DJs, and most responded to me when they heard this single. We're getting a lot of love in the clubs, plus I am a member of a group called 'Lord Gang' which is a collection music industry professionals, writers, producers, deejays. There are 250 deejays in the group, once a week, they send one song, and everyone adds it to the playlist, Santalina is the first one to be used in this project, they're breaking her in, and it's working," Rob Schw

The winter months have hit us and unless you live in Southern California, most people aren’t swimming in open-air pools any longer. Until recent times, Indie Artists and the labels they set up for themselves had a hard time getting their music heard by anyone outside their own backyard pool of fans. With guerilla marketing finally becoming common practice and online music stores becoming a main stay for the music aficionado, record pools are now open for business to the general indie population. What is a record pool? Basically, a record pool is a membership of DJ’s that act as an intermediary between DJ’s and the music makers. The power behind a record pool is that it can reach a mass, global market in lightening speed. As of 2005, there are over 7000 DJ's and industry professionals who are part of this digital revolution. In order for a DJ to belong to a record pool, they must pay a monthly association fee to obtain the latest and most current music. Frequently this music is available to t

Salud !!!

Genre: Latin? Bueno

The music for the beach level in my upcoming video game. I couldn't find many good latin jazz loops or rhythms on my computer, so I decided to record my saxophone again. You could say it has a kinda catchy tune . Enjoy, comments much appreciated!

USF's Famous Matador. Arranged by me.

International Latin artist STILL ALIVE go all the way live, on miami latin station

Sam the Mummy lives in the deepest catacombs of his existence. Hardly ever he can be seen on the surface and just a few ones have the 'honor' of knowing him. Even stranger it is his relationship with Damin Schwartz, the only person allowed to listen and disclose his awesome and disturbing works. Here is the first one: Untitled1 (Mupa008). It starts with Cradle, a brief but captivating prologue. And from the cradle to the grave, here comes Untuned (interview), where Sam introduces us in his most personal universe, crumbling his darkest secrets. Soon we can see what he's up to, because despite of appearing as a hard and cold guy, on the very first beats he reveals pure soul music. Tireless groove with magnificent salsa touches, bittersweet cymbals and congas that run with an intimidating elegance. On B side, Pharaon's cat introduces Stand Up. Little by little, it steps into a background of hypnotic and jazzy sequences accompanied by aristocratic piano notes that try to break into, but can only go out on