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Grammy Award 2010 Check Out The GRAMMY Performers

A handy users guide to Music's Biggest Night's performance lineup

January 31, 2010 - 3:12pm

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T-Pain at the 51st GRAMMY Awards in February 2009

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Lil Wayne performs at the 51st GRAMMY Awards in February 2009

The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will feature three-and-a-half hours of performance-rich television.

Performances include:

Jamie Foxx and T-Pain with Slash and Doug E. Fresh

Nominees Drake, Eminem, and Lil Wayne with Travis Barker

A special tribute to guitar virtuoso Les Paul featuring Jeff Beck and Imelda May

The cast of "American Idiot" appearing with Green Day

Four-time GRAMMY winner Roberta Flack; five-time GRAMMY winner Elton John

Three-time GRAMMY winner Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland were announced last Thursday

Beyoncé

The Black Eyed Peas

Bon Jovi

The Dave Matthews Band

Green Day

Lady Antebellum

Lady Gaga

Maxwell

Pink

Taylor Swift

The Zac Brown Band

Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood, and Usher in a special 3-D GRAMMY tribute to Michael Jackson

Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocelli in a special fund-raising segment for Haitian relief

The 52nd GRAMMY Awards will take place live on Sunday, Jan. 31 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, and on YouTube. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon. For GRAMMY coverage, updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by John Cossette Productions and AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette are executive producers, Louis J. Horvitz is director.

Pinball Wizard

Ever since I was a young boy,
I've played the silver ball.
From Soho down to Brighton
I must've played them all.
But I never seen anything like himIn any amusement hall...
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball!
He stands like a statue,
Becomes part of the machine.
Feeling all the bumpers,
Always playing clean.
He plays by intuition,
The digit counters fall.
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball!
He's a pinball wizard.
There has to be a twist.
A pinball wizard's got
Such a supple wrist.
How do you think he does it?
I don't know!What makes him so good?
He ain't got no distractions,
Can't hear no buzzers and bells.
Don't see no lights a flashin',
Plays by sense of smell,
Always has a replay,
An' never tilts at all...
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball!
I thought I was
The Bally table king
But I just handed my pinball crown to him.
Even at my favorite table
He can beat my best.
His disciples lead him in
And he just does the rest.
He's got crazy flipper fingers,
Never seen him fall...
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball!!!

Across The Universe

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,

They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe

Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind,

Possessing and caressing me.

Jai guru de va om

Nothing's gonna change my world,

Nothing's gonna change my world.

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes,

That call me on and on across the universe,

Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they

Tumble blindly as they make their way

Across the universeJai guru de va om

Nothing's gonna change my world,

Nothing's gonna change my world.

Sounds of laughter shades of earth are ringing

Through my open views inviting and inciting me

Limitless undying love which shines around me like a

million suns, it calls me on and on

Across the universeJai guru de va om

Nothing's gonna change my world,

Nothing's gonna change my world.

City of Makassar

Makassar is the capital of South Sulawesi, land of spice, previously known as Ujung Pandang that derives from the Bugis ethnic call the city where in ancient year growth "pandan"along the coast of Makassar, which means "end of pandan".

Makassar is the gateway to the famous Toraja land, deep in the fertile plateaus of Sulawesi, or also known as Celebes. The unique Torajan culture, including their animistic burial rites, makes this region one of the most fascinating wonders in Indonesia.

Another culture the Bugis, traditionally a great seafaring people whose history goes back to the formidable maritime empire of Crivijaya, are known for their shipbuilding expertise.
A few spots in the city are worth exploring. Among them are the "Rotterdam" Castle, a Dutch fortress, the old wooden palace which is known as the "Balla Lompoa"; means the Grand House, the waterfall of "Bantimurung" which means refuse the sadness, quaint town like Bantaeng, Jeneponto and Takalar which are recorded in Chinese maritime records. For pristine beaches head for Barombong and Tanjung Bira.

The harbor is in the city, just a few steps from the business and China town. All sea-liners that sail to eastern Indonesia, will transit here for 6 hours. The harbor is named after Soekarno-Hatta, to honor the proclamator and founding fathers of the Republic of Indonesia.
General Information:

Location: The province of South Sulawesi is part of Sulawesi island, the southwestern leg is orchid shaped and lies at the crossroads of east and west Indonesia. It covers a land area of 82,768 square kms surrounded by the sea on there side.

Population: Approximately 7,000,000. Predominantly Moslem coastal people in the south and Christian in the Toraja highland.

Climate: Tropical with two seasons, dry from march to september and rainy from october to february. Temperatues range from 21o to 31o along the coast and from 20o to 25o in the highland.

GEOGRAPHY. Area: 72,781 sq.km. Capital: Makassar. Borders: Province of Central Sulawesi on the north, Makassar Straits on the west, Flores Sea on the south, and Bone Bay and the Province of Tangkok, Kalaena and Jene-Berang.

Mountains: Rantemario, Lampobatang, Kambuna, Kabinturu, Gandadiwata, Proreang and Balinese.

Lakes: Tempe, Matana, Towuti, Mahalong and Sidenreng.

Huminity: 72 %.

Rainfall: Average around 1,000-1,500 mm per year.

Time: South Sulawesi belongs to the Central Indonesia Standard time zone which is 8 hours ahead of GMT, and one hour ahead of Jakarta.

PRIMARY PRODUCTS: Agriculture - Food Crops: Rice, Corn, peanut and Soybean.
Commercial Crops: Coconut, clove, rubber and cacao.

Livestock: Cows, buffaloes, horses, goats, sheep, pigs, layer, chickens and ducks.

Fishery - Fish Products: Tuna, skipjack tuna, barramundi, shrimps, anchovy, common carp, tilapia and milk fish.

Forestry - Forest Products : Rattan, resin and ebony.

Mining: Manganese, nickel, silver, cement and petroleum.

Handicrafts : Plaiting and carvings.

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