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The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world.

Widely
used in Classical music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular
as an aid to composing and rehearsal. Although not portable and often expensive, the piano's versatility and ubiquity have made it
one of the world's most familiar musical instruments
The word piano is a shortened form of the word pianoforte, which derives from the original Italian name for the instrument,
clavicembalo [or gravicembalo] col piano e forte (literally harpsichord capable of playing at the normal level, and more strongly).
The musical terms "piano" and "forte" are usually interpreted as "soft" and "loud", but this is not strictly what they mean in Italian.
"Piano" means here a plane or level, suggesting the normal level of playing. "Forte" would mean a stronger, more powerful level
of playing, effectively louder than usual. This refers to the instrument's responsiveness to keyboard touch, which allows the pianist
to produce notes at different dynamic levels by controlling the inertia with which the hammers hit the strings.

The Space Shuttle, part of the Space Transportation System (STS), is an American spacecraft operated by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for orbital human spaceflight missions. The first of four test flights occurred in
1981, which were followed by operational flights beginning in 1982. The system is scheduled to be retired from service in 2011
after 135 launches.[1] Major missions have included launching numerous satellites and interplanetary probes, [2] conducting space
science experiments, and servicing and construction of space stations. The Shuttle has been used for orbital space missions by
NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, the European Space Agency, and Germany. The United States funded STS development
and shuttle operations.
At launch, the Space Shuttle consists of the shuttle stack which includes a dark orange-colored external tank (ET);[3][4] two white,
slender Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs); and the STS Orbiter Vehicle (OV) which contains the crew and payload. The ET was
painted white for the first 2 missions, but was discontinued to save weight. Payloads can be launched into higher orbits with either
of two different booster stages developed for the STS (1 stage PAM or 2 stage IUS). The Space Shuttle is "stacked" in the Vehicle
Assembly Building and the stack mounted on a mobile launch platform held down by four explosive bolts on each SRB which are
detonated at launch.[5]

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican American rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late
1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic,
blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not
generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence
of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Rolling Stone named Santana number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Time in 2003.[1] He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards

A hamburger (or burger for short) is a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground meat (usually beef, but occasionally
pork, turkey, or a combination of meats) placed between two buns. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, bacon, tomato,
onion, pickles, cheese and condiments such as mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup and relish.[1] The hamburger has attained widespread
popularity and is proliferated worldwide in chains such as McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King.
The term hamburger or burger can also be applied to the meat patty on its own, especially in the UK. The term hamburger
originally derives from the German city of Hamburg,[2] Germany's second largest city, from where many emigrated to America.
Hamburgers are usually a feature of fast food restaurants. The hamburgers served in major fast food establishments are usually
mass-produced in factories and frozen for delivery to the site.[22] These hamburgers are thin and of uniform thickness, differing
from the traditional American hamburger prepared in homes and conventional restaurants, which is thicker and prepared by hand
from ground beef. Generally most American hamburgers are round, but some fast-food chains, such as Wendy's, sell square-cut
hamburgers.

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a
regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.[1][2] The term is used mostly in connection with national
population and housing censuses; other common censuses include agriculture, business, and traffic censuses. In the latter cases the
elements of the 'population' are farms, businesses, and so forth, rather than people. The United Nations defines the essential
features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and
defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every 10 years. [3] The term itself comes from
Latin: during the Roman Republic the census was a list that kept track of all adult males fit for military service.

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city
neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki.[3] Nokia is engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and
communications industries, with over 123,000 employees in 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and global annual
revenue of EUR 41 billion and operating profit of 1.2 billion as of 2009
Nokia is a public limited liability company listed on the Helsinki, Frankfurt, and New York stock exchanges.[10] Nokia plays a very
large role in the economy of Finland; it is by far the largest Finnish company, accounting for about a third of the market
capitalization of the Helsinki Stock Exchange (OMX Helsinki) as of 2007, a unique situation for an industrialized country.

Ice cream or ice-cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with
fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners. In some
cases, artificial flavourings and colourings are used in addition to (or in replacement of) the natural ingredients. This mixture is
stirred slowly while cooling to prevent large ice crystals from forming; the result is a smoothly textured ice cream.
The meaning of the term ice cream varies from one country to another. Terms like frozen custard, frozen yogurt, sorbet, gelato and
others are used to distinguish different varieties and styles.
A laptop is a personal computer designed for mobile use that is small and light enough for it rest on the user's lap.[1] A laptop
integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device (a touchpad,
also known as a trackpad, and/or a pointing stick) and speakers into a single unit. A laptop is powered by mains electricity via an
AC adapter, and can be used away from an outlet using a rechargeable battery. A laptop battery in new condition typically stores
enough energy to run the laptop for three to five hours, depending on the computer usage, configuration and power management
settings. When the laptop is plugged into the mains, the battery charges, whether or not the computer is running.
Portable computers, originally monochrome CRT-based and developing into the modern laptop, were originally considered to be a
small niche market, mostly for specialized field applications such as the military, accountants and sales representatives. As
portable computers became smaller, lighter, and cheaper and as screens became larger and of better quality, laptops became very
widely used for all purposes.

Tequila (Spanish pronunciation: [tekila]) is a blue agavebased spirit made primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila,
65 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands (Los Altos) of the western Mexican state of Jalisco.
The red volcanic soil in the surrounding region is particularly well suited to the growing of the blue agave, and more than 300
million of the plants are harvested there each year.[1]
Mexican laws state that tequila can be produced only in the state of Jalisco and limited regions in the states of Guanajuato,
Michoacn, Nayarit, and Tamaulipas.[2] Mexico has claimed the exclusive international right to the word "tequila", threatening
legal actions against manufacturers in other countries.
Tequila is most often made at a 3840% alcohol content (7680 proof), but can be produced between 3555% alcohol content
(70110 proof).[3] Though most tequilas are 80 proof, many distillers will distill to 100 proof and then dilute it with water to
reduce its harshness. Some of the more well respected brands distill the alcohol to 80 proof without using additional water as a
diluent.

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