Capital Federal | Palermo | Rep De La India al 2900
Antig?edad:30 a?os
Apto profesional:No
Disposicion:Frente
Cantidad de ba?os:3
Cantidad de dormitorios:3
Dependencia:
-
Visitas:31
C?digo de Ficha:AP53393 - AOL
Informaci?n del departamento
Superficie Cubierta
155 m2
Superficie Descubierta
15 m2
Antig?edad
30 a?os
Apto profesional
No
Cantidad de cocheras
1
Cochera optativa
-
Disposicion
Frente
Expensas
$4000
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-
Propiedad ocupada
-
Tipo de balcon
Corrido
Tipo de expensas
-
Tipo de Vista
Vista ciudad
Tipo de Costa
-
Tipo de unidad
Piso
Estado
Excelente
Cantidad de ba?os
3
Cantidad de ambientes
4
Cantidad de dormitorios
3
Ambientes del departamento
?
?
Baulera
Dormitorio
( )
Lavadero
Suite
Instalaciones del departamento
?
?
Agua caliente
Aire acondicionado individual
Ascensores principales
Muebles de cocina
Servicios del departamento
?
?
Telefono
Informaci?n del edificio
Tipo de edificio
Entre Medianeras
Estado
Excelente
Cantidad de cocheras
-
Propiedad ocupada
-
Antig?edad
-
Departamentos por piso
1
Cantidad de pisos
11
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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?
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Calefaccion
Gas natural
Vigilancia
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When Apple announced iOS 6 at WWDC 2012 and showed off its 10 new tent pole features, the response was... mixed. Some were delighted by the new maps app and the Siri enhancements, thrilled with Facebook integration and Safari image uploads, and intrigued by the potential of Passbook. Others saw iOS 6 as more tock than tick, a minor point release rather than a major new OS version, inattentive to power-user problems, and a sign that Apple was slowing down.
p>So, just like we examined the evolution of the App Store in a competitive context, let's compare iOS 6 to previous iPhone and iPad software previews, and to what the likes of Google, RIM, and Microsoft have shown off to date./p>
Apples to Apples
Experiencing an iOS keynote like WWDC 2012 today, and watching Senior Vice President of iOS, Scott Forstall, lay out the new flagship features for iOS 6 -- what Apple's has called tent poles in the past -- it can be hard to weigh them against flagship features of the past, and to judge them free from expectations.
When compared side by side -- or slide to slide -- with keynotes past, the impact of each step of Apple's iOS evolution become easier to measure.
iPhone OS 2.0
iPhone OS 2.0 was announced during Apple's iPhone SDK Roadmap event on March 6, 2008. The numerous feature improvements were broken down into 4 large categories.
Enterprise enhancements
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
iPhone SDK
App Store
During the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote on June 9, 2008, Apple announced a half-dozen new features as well as the MobileMe service and iPhone 3G-specific features:
Additional features were added post-launch with iPhone OS 2.1, released alongside the 2nd generation iPod touch, and iPhone OS 2.2.
Enterprise support and 3G networking made the iPhone interesting to a much larger market. The SDK and the App Store, however, transformed the iPhone from appliance to platform. It was and is so important, iPhone OS 2.0 remains the most significant software update to date.
iPhone OS 3.0
Announced at the iPhone 3.0 Software Sneak Peak on March 17, 2009, iPhone OS 3.0 promised over 1000 new APIs for developers and more than 100 new user-facing features. 13 were highlighted:
In-app purchase
Peer-to-peer connectivity
Accessories access
Maps API
Push notifications (redux)
Cut, copy, and paste
Landscape
MMS
Voice memos app
Calendar enhancements
Stocks enhancements
Spotlight Search
At WWDC 2009 on June 8, the iPhone 3GS brought with it a some new, hardware-specific features as well:
Post-launch, Apple added addition features with iPhone OS 3.1, released alongside the 3rd-generation iPod touch, and iPhone OS 3.2, which was exclusive to the then-new iPad device.
Cut, copy, and paste had been a sore spot for years. Scratching that off the list, along with MMS (everywhere except the U.S., thanks to AT&T), video recording, and push notifications (in lieu of multitasking) put the iPhone close to core feature-parity with existing platforms of the time. It meant fewer users had to choose between form or function any many -- Apple increasingly offered both.
iPhone OS 4.0/iOS 4
iPhone OS 4.0, as it was originally introduced at the Preview event on April 8, 2010, offered over 1500 new APIs for developers and 100+ new user-facing features. 7 tentpoles were highlighted:
FaceTime made for a great demo but Wi-Fi-bound video calling still hasn't gone mainstream. iBooks, iAds, and Game Center marked Apple's readiness and desire to subsume the content and services traditionally owned by competitors Amazon (Kindle), Google (AdMob), and Microsoft (Xbox Live). Multitasking scratched one of the last, and biggest remaining pain points off user wish-lists, however, even though Apple's limited solution didn't please everyone.
iOS 5
Apple waited longer to preview iOS 5 than any previous version of iOS -- almost 3 months longer. When it made its debut during the WWDC keynote on June 6, 2011, Apple announced 1500 new APIs for developers, and 200 new features for users, including 10 highlighted at the event, as well as iCloud, the replacement for MobileMe.
Since then, Apple released a minor iOS 5.1 point update.
iOS 5 was the biggest update since iPhone OS 2, severing the iOS' ties with iTunes and hooking in a proper server-side component with iCloud. Apple addressed the problem of their previous, modal alert system with Notification Center, and kicked the carriers right in the revenue stream with iMessage. While Newsstand hasn't proven to be the right solution for subscriptions, Siri brought an entirely new, natural language interface to iOS, even if in limited, beta form.
iOS 6 (Preview)
Back on a yearly schedule, Apple used the WWDC 2012 keynote on June 11 to debut iOS 6. Scott Forstall announced an unspecified number of new API, as well as 200 new features, 10 of which he highlighted on stage:
There were clearly no App Store-level feature additions for iOS 6. No PC-free/iCloud-level, or multitasking-level, or even cut, copy, and paste-level features when it comes to geek itches scratched or pain points soothed. No new Home screen interfaces or fast app switcher visualizations. No actionable notifications or methods for inter-app communications.
The iOS 6 flagship features showed that this year, Apple had different priorities:
Increase iOS support for the growing Asian markets
Still, we've only seen a preview of iOS 6. The big features, the big demos -- the stuff like FaceTime and Siri that Santa will be using in this holiday's iPhone commercials -- won't be revealed until the iPhone 5 event sometime around October.
More on that at the end...
Apples to Oranges Androids, BlackBerrys, and Windows
It's harder to compare iOS 6 to Android 4.1, BlackBerry 10, and Windows Phone 8, since they not only made different design choices and engineering compromises, they made different marketing decision about which features to showcase -- sometimes deliberately to counter-program Apple and/or each other. But for that very reason, to highlight the differences, the comparison is especially interesting.
Google also used I/O to announce the Nexus 7 and Nexus Q, each of which have device-specific features and/or apps.
Every year, Google throws an incredible amount of new features, services, and enhancements at the product wall. It's the exact opposite of Apple's highly focused, less-is-more strategy. Not all of it Google's announcements stick, which Google well knows, but it moulds perception and caters to the power-user, technology-enthusiast crowd.
In that context, none of Jelly Bean key feature announcements were platform-shaking, but taken together, the pace Google is forcing -- often lapping their own hardware partners -- keeps the whole industry on alert, including Apple.
Given what Apple announced as a major release, what Google announced as a point release seems even more impressive.
BlackBerry10 (Preview)
BlackBerry 10 is a completely new operating system. RIM is jettisoning the old J2ME BlackBerryOS for the realtime QNX platform, with a modern, gesture-heavy interface, and API still being built to go with it. BlackBerry 10 was recently delayed from Q4 2012 to Q1 2013, yet some of its new features were shown off at BlackBerry World 2012 on May 1, as were interface builders from TAT, and more.
RIM may have bought or licensed many of the new pieces, but assembling them will take a lot of first-party engineering. If they can pull it off, it'll be something truly refreshing, just like Windows Phone was in 2010, webOS was in 2009, and the iPhone was in 2007.
The BlackBerry 10 feature set will probably be small compared to iOS. Like any OS reboot, RIM is limited by time. No one can do everything at once. BlackBerry 10's use of gestures to maintain one-handed ease of use on larger screens, and to keep notifications and app switching instantly accessible is interesting, but It's way too late in the game for sheer novelty of interface to carry a platform, however, the way it did in 2007. But it could make Apple's 2007-era Springboard system and Home screen design look even more its age.
Windows Phone 8 (Preview)
Windows Phone 8 was introduced by Joe Belfiore at the Windows Phone Summit on June 20, 2012. Re-architected to run on the same NT kernel and systems that runs Windows desktop, Windows Phone 8 won't run on older hardware, but it will enable a new generation of more powerful features. While not all features have been revealed yet, Microsoft has highlight 8 of them to date, along with some developer tools.
Microsoft has also announced their Surface series of Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro tablets. Unlike Apple, which shares iOS between phones and tablets, and runs OS X on computers, Microsoft is running Windows Phone 8 on phones and sharing Windows 8 between tablets and computers.
That difference in mobile divide, along with Microsoft doing a second smartphone reboot in as many versions, and Metro remaining as constraining as it is elegant, holds the platform back. Windows Phone is still very much walking a line between iOS-style control and Android-style flexibility, but consumers haven't yet found that to be the best of both worlds -- they're rather choosing one or the other. A lot of the Windows Phone 8 features Microsoft chose to highlight, like modern hardware and gaming, come off as core functionality catch-up at this point. Features will likely be added faster and more furiously from here on out, but until Microsoft is finally done rebooting, Windows Phone can't achieve the acceleration of iOS or Android.
Conclusion (iOS 6 release redux)
In 2007, iOS (then iPhone OS) was the newest mobile operating system on the planet. Now, with Android's post-iPhone redirect, and Palm, Microsoft, and RIM's post-iPhone reboot, iOS is soon going to be the oldest. That's how fast things are moving in mobile. Where Apple was once starting almost from scratch, and triaging table-stakes like apps, copy/paste, and multitasking over the course of years, they're now mature and focused on rounding out feature sets, reducing the friction of the user experience, and better controlling the destiny of their platform.
With the low hanging fruit gone, there remain higher-hanging fruit for Apple to execute on in the future, if they so choose. But they're not choosing to do any of that this year.
As for iPhone 5-specific features, or the features that will make it into the Santa commercials, we can look at the previous iPhone events for hints on what to expect:
iPhone 3GS: Video recording and Voice Control
iPhone 4: 720p video recording and FaceTime
iPhone 4S: 1080p video recording and Siri virtual assistant
It's not hard to imagine the iPhone 5 will once again include a camera demo, perhaps Phil Schiller showing off automagical new Panorama software, and other optical wonders.
If rumors of Near Field Communication (NFC) pan out, and those are integrated into Passbook, and Apple can get high-profile retail partners on board, a shopping demo at the Apple Store, Starbucks, Disney, and/or Target could certainly qualify. If not this year, then perhaps next.
It's possible, however, that this year it's hardware that gets the tock to software's tick. Come fall, iOS 6 could be less about flagship features and more about what it's running on.
A 4-inch iPhone hardware with a 16:9 screen, LTE networking, and new design, in-and-of-themselves are highly demonstrable. And if there is a surprise come this fall, rather than a blow-away new software feature, it could just be one more, small thing.
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DAMASCUS, Syria ? Syria on Sunday denied U.N. claims that government forces used heavy weapons during a military operation that left scores dead and brought immediate international condemnation, while the International Committee of the Red Cross said it now considers the conflict in the country a civil war.
Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said the violence Thursday was not a massacre ? as activists and many foreign leaders have asserted ? but a military operation targeting armed fighters who had taken control of the village of Tremseh.
"What happened wasn't an attack on civilians," Makdissi told reporters in Damascus. He said 37 gunmen and two civilians were killed ? a far lower death toll than the one put forward by anti-regime activists, some of whom estimate that more than 100 people were killed.
"What has been said about the use of heavy weapons is baseless," Makdissi added.
But the United Nations has already implicated Assad's forces in the assault. The head of the U.N. observer mission said Friday that monitors stationed near Tremseh saw the army using heavy weaponry and attack helicopters.
Although there has been a string of horrific attacks in Syria over the course of the uprising, the violence appears to be escalating. On Sunday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it now deems the conflict in Syria a civil war, meaning international humanitarian law applies throughout the country.
The Geneva-based group's assessment is an important reference that helps parties in a conflict determine how much and what type of force they can or cannot use.
ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan said Sunday that humanitarian law now applies wherever hostilities are taking place in Syria, where fighting has spread beyond the hotspots of Idlib, Homs and Hama. International humanitarian law grants parties to a conflict the right to use appropriate force to achieve their aims. But attacks on civilians and abuse or killing of detainees can constitute war crimes.
On Saturday, U.N. observers investigating the killings in Tremseh found pools of blood in homes and spent bullets, mortars and artillery shells, adding details to the emerging picture of what anti-regime activists have called one of the deadliest events of Syria's uprising. The observers were expected to return to the village Sunday.
Dozens of people have already been buried in a mass grave, and activists are still struggling to determine the total number of people killed in what they say was a bombardment by government tanks and helicopters on Thursday.
CANCUN, Mexico
(AP)
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Mexican police arrested one of the U.S. Marshals Service's most-wanted fugitives in the resort city of Cancun, after 24 years on the run.
AP
This photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Vincent Legrend Walters.
AP
This photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Vincent Legrend Walters.
Suspect Vincent Legrend Walters is wanted in San Diego, California, on murder charges in the 1988 killing of a woman kidnapped as part of a drug deal. He also faces weapons and drug charges and is on the service's list of 15 most wanted fugitives.
The Marshals Service said Walters had been living in Cancun under the assumed name of Oscar Rivera and was working at the Cancun international airport. The service said he was arrested Friday and had been taken to Mexico City to await extradition procedures.
An official at Cancun's airport who was not authorized to be quoted by name said Walters was not an airport employee but rather had worked for a resort selling time-share vacation packages by staffing an information booth at the terminal for about a decade. Outside staffers at such booths are usually not subject to the same security reviews as airport employees.
The hotel complex for which Walters worked is in Puerto Morelos, just south of Cancun, the airport official said.
While Walters was using an assumed name, the Marshals Service said he "had boasted to people that he was a fugitive from San Diego and wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service."
Walters allegedly bought chemicals to make methamphetamines from undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agents in 1988. An associate handed over the finished meth to a local dealer to hold. The dealer passed them on to yet another man.
When Walters wanted the drugs back, he kidnapped the dealer who had been holding the meth, his friend and the friend's girlfriend, offering the hostages in exchange for the return of the drugs. Two of the hostages were released.
However, the third kidnap victims, the girlfriend, died because she had been gagged with a chemical-soaked rag. Walter's brother Martin was convicted in the kidnapping and murder and is serving 25 years to life in prison.
"Thanks to the hard work of our deputy U.S. marshals, local law enforcement and Mexican law enforcement partners, we were able to bring Walters in to face the consequences for his laundry list of accused crimes.," said David Harlow, assistant director of the U.S. Marshals Service's Investigative Operations Division.
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Protein is arguably the most important component of your dog or cat?s diet, and is often the most hotly debated aspects of pet foods.? What is the best source of protein for dogs?? For cats?? How much protein should be in the diet and can you feed too much of it?? How can you tell which foods have better protein sources?? What about pets with food allergies?? It?s a lot to ponder and leaves many guardians frustrated and confused about which of the seemingly endless variety of pet foods they should feed their companion.
During the last 5 to 10 years the rapid growth of the natural pet food market has significantly expanded the viable feeding options for responsible pet owners, but having more choices does not generally make a decision easier.? On the contrary, the more options available, the more difficult the choice becomes.? So let?s try and sort through some of the facts.
Evaluating Protein Sources
A protein molecule is made up of chains of amino acids.? Different sources of protein contain different combinations of the 22 or so amino acids.? Of these amino acids, 10 are considered ?essential? amino acids; because dogs and cats cannot make them on their own, these particular amino acids must be present in the diet.? When a dog or cat consumes protein, it gets broken down during the digestive process into its individual amino acids.? Those amino acids are then reassembled into the building blocks of body tissues such as skin, hair, muscles, and organs.? Amino acids are also utilized to produce metabolic enzymes that are necessary for many bodily functions including the regulation of antibodies within the immune system and the transfer of nerve impulses.
Protein from animal sources contains the most complete and most easily digested and assimilated amino acids for dogs and cats.? Animal proteins are not only more bio-available and contain a wider array of amino acids ? both essential on non-essential, they are also more palatable for you companion.? The biological value of a protein is determined by how readily the amino acids broken down and used by the body.? For dogs and cats, egg whites are at the top of the list with a biological value of 100, followed by muscle meat (beef, chicken, lamb) at 92, and organ meats at 90.? Wheat and corn are way down the list with biological values of 60 and 54.? Cooking meat at the high temperatures required for canned foods and kibble reduces it?s biological value, providing another reason to include raw or less processed foods in your companion?s diet such as freeze dried or dehydrated meals.
When evaluating the protein source on a bag of kibble, keep in mind that whole meats, such as an ingredient listed as ?chicken? or ?beef,? contains 75% water.? So if a whole meat is listed first, the next ingredient should be a specific meat meal to insure the protein in the food is from animal sources, not grains (i.e. chicken meal or beef meal, not generic ?meat meal? or by-product meals).? The top-quality pet foods on the market use USDA sources (human grade) for their meat meals.? If the ingredient lists ?chicken? first followed by grains or grain by-products, you can be sure that much of the protein in the food comes from the grains and is less bio-available to your pet.? Trying to force carnivores to derive their amino acid requirements from grain sources is one of the main contributors to the pet obesity epidemic facing our dogs and cats today.
Which Meat is Best?
Is chicken the best protein for cats?? Is beef best for dogs, or is lamb better?? While there are strong opinions among pet enthusiasts about the answers to those questions, the real answer is that it completely depends on your individual cat or dog.? Some research, specifically that of William Cusick, suggests that dogs do better on a diet and protein source that most closely matches that of their ancestors: the food that was available in the region in which the breed developed.? For example: Border Collies would eat lamb, fish and poultry as they originated in Scotland where these were staples in the diet.? The Greyhound, originating in Egypt, would eat rabbit, pork, poultry and goat.? German Shepherds would be fed beef, as they were originally bred in the Alsation Region of Germany.
While breed specific guidelines may be useful for some dogs, for many dogs their heritage is unknown.?? For another large group of dogs (and cats), food allergies will determine which protein sources are best, (see Novel Proteins below).? Cats on the other hand, are assumed to have all developed on a similar diet of rodents ? specifically mice, birds and the occasional rabbit.
So which meat is best?? In the absence of food sensitivities or allergies, the answer is: at least three different ones.? Rotation insures a broader nutritional base over time and helps reduce the incidence of food sensitivities and allergies.? Many dogs and cats fed the same food for too long will develop signs of intolerance such as itchy skin or paws, or chronic digestive problems such as gas, loose stools or frequent vomiting.? Rotating between at least three or four different foods with different protein sources, and preferably from a variety of manufactures, provides the ideal answer to ?Which food is THE best for my companion.?? Only you and your companion can really determine what is best by trying various high-quality foods and choosing those that your dog or cat thrives on.
How Much is Too Much Protein?
With the growing popularity of grain-free and low carbohydrate foods in recent years, we hear more questions from owners concerned about feeding too much protein.? One reason for this question is the lingering myth that too much protein in the diet can cause kidney disease ? especially in older animals.? Nutritional research has disproved this falsehood, but still it lives on.? This myth originated when veterinarians began to put animals with kidney disease on low-protein diets to minimize nitrogen levels.? Today, holistic veterinarians, and increasingly even traditional veterinarians, are suggesting a diet for animals with kidney disease containing higher quality protein that is more digestible rather than low-protein foods.? Better quality protein produces less waste through digestion, which creates less work for the kidneys and lower nitrogen levels in the body.
Excess protein in a healthy dog?s or cat?s diet typically would be either excreted in the urine, used as energy, or converted to fat.? The one precaution when feeding a higher protein food is watching how much you feed to prevent unwanted weight gain.? So the answer to ?How much protein is too much?? is dependent on your individual cat or dog; his metabolism, activity level and lifestyle.? If your feline friend spends most of the day on the window sill and rarely plays, feed her less of the same food you feed her brother who chases anything that moves and runs up and down the stairs a dozen times a day.? They both can thrive on a high-quality, high-protein diet, they just require different quantities of the food.
Growing puppies and kittens, as well as pregnant and lactating animals and working animals require more protein than normal adult animals.? Most of the premium pet foods provide adequate fat and protein levels for their needs provided they are fed larger portions for their size.? Adding fresh meat or grain-free canned foods to some meals is a good way to provide extra protein.
Summary
Nutrition is the cornerstone of health, and high-quality protein is a critical part of proper nutrition.? Read labels carefully to insure the protein your dog or cat is receiving is from meat, not grains.? The best diet for your companion depends on their individual needs, but will ultimately include a variety of protein sources and optimally at least some portion of fresher, less processed foods.? Feeding too much protein is rarely an issue, but feeding too much food IS ? keep portions appropriate to each animal?s activity level and metabolism to avoid weight gain.
Resources and Helpful Links
Raw Meaty Bones by Tom Lonsdale
The Nature of Animal Healing by Martin Goldstein
Catinfo.org ? Veterinarian Lisa A. Pierson on ?Feeding Your Cat?
The Animal Adovocate ? William Cusick on Breed Specific Nutrition