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How good is the coffee for your heart?

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People have long considered coffee to be bad for the heart, but recent studies have debunked these misconceptions. There appears to be no link between increased risk of heart disease and coffee. To the contrary, emerging evidence suggests that coffee is actually good for the heart. Overall, coffee has been shown to be a powerful ally with respect to cardiovascular health. Although the effects are stronger in women, moderate coffee consumption has proven to slightly decrease heart attack risk for both genders. If you really love coffee, here is some even better news: Three to five cups of coffee a day can significantly reduce your risk of having a stroke. That’s actually quite a bit of coffee if you think about it. As if this was not big enough news already, java also helps to decrease the risk of congestive heart failure and coronary heart disease. Coffee drinkers can take solace in knowing that their java addiction may be helping them to keep diabetes at bay

Solar Power

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Photovoltaic (PV) Solar power is harnessing the suns energy to produce electricity. One of the fastest growing energy sources, new technologies are developing at a rapid pace. Solar cells are becoming more efficient, transportable and even flexible, allowing for easy installation. PV has mainly been used to power small and medium-sized applications, from the calculator powered by a single solar cell to off-grid homes powered by a photovoltaic array. The 1973 oil crisis stimulated a rapid rise in the production of PV during the 1970s and early 1980s.  Steadily falling oil prices during the early 1980s, however, led to a reduction in funding for photovoltaic R&D and a discontinuation of the tax credits associated with the Energy Tax Act of 1978. These factors moderated growth to approximately 15% per year from 1984 through 1996. Since the mid-1990s, leadership in the PV sector has shifted from the US to Japan and Germany. Between 1992 and 1994 Japan increased R&D fund

Significado del Dinero

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Se considera dinero todo aquel activo o bien que generalmente se acepta como medio de cobro y pago para realizar transacciones. Por el contrario de lo que pueda creerse, el dinero no son solo los metales y papeles que acostumbramos a ver como monedas y billetes respectivamente, sino toda aquella clase de activos que una comunidad acepte como medio de pago. Naturalmente,  para facilitar las transacciones se creó el dinero físico. Antes de que existiera el dinero, las transacciones se realizaban por medio del trueque. Imagina que yo me dedico a criar gallinas y tú a sembrar trigo, podemos llegar a un acuerdo de intercambio. Como por ejemplo, yo te doy una gallina a cambio de un kilo de trigo. El problema surge cuando a ti no te interesan las gallinas. ¿Cómo conseguiría yo comprarte el trigo? Si pudiera vender las gallinas a otra persona y ella me diera algo que a ti sí que te interesara intercambiar, entonces ya podría comprarte trigo. Así nació el dinero. Pero no solo e