"Establishing for the Jewish people a publicly and legally assured home in Eretz Yisrael."
Five decades later, it was accomplished by dispossessing indigenous Palestinians, denying them the right to their land, creating a new Jewish identity, legitimizing Jews as rightful owners, and using superior military force to assure it against defenseless civilians, no match against their powerful adversary.
Leading up to and after its War of Independence, Israel stayed politically and militarily hard line, negotiating from strength, choosing confrontation over diplomacy, naked aggression as a form of self-defense, and occupation to seize as much of historic Palestine as possible to secure an ethnically pure Jewish state - policies called "Israelification (and) De-Arabization" to preserve a "Jewish character."
In his book, "The Making of Israeli Militarism, Uri Ben- Eliezer says writing about Israeli militarism involves "ventur(ing) into an intellectual minefield," given Jewish history under the Nazis and the perception of Israel as a safe haven. Yet decades of Arab-Israeli conflict produced seven full-scale wars, two Intifadas, and many hundreds of violent incidents.
Ben-Eliezer believes that, beginning in the 1930s, militarism "was gradually legitimized within the Yishuv, the Jewish community in Palestine, then within the new state (was) crystallized into a value, a formula, and an ideology." Over time, it acquired a dynamic of its own, then during the 1948 war, it "acquired full legitimacy" and became decisive in setting policy.
Politics and militarism were wedded to create a militaristic view of reality. Thereafter, it was institutionalized to where "the idea of implementing a military solution to (political problems) was not only enshrined as a value in its own right but was also considered legitimate, desirable, and indeed the best option."
Today, militarism is a "cardinal aspect of Israeli society," its quintessential element under the 1986 National Defence Service Law, requiring all Jewish Israeli citizens and permanent residents to serve - men and women, with exemptions only for Orthodox Jews, educational inadequacy, health, family considerations, married or pregnant women or those with children, criminals, and other considerations at the Defense Ministry's discretion. In addition, most Israeli leaders are former high-ranking IDF officers, politics and the military being inextricably connected.
Little wonder that Israel is a modern day Sparta, a nation of about 5.6 million Jews, another 500,000 settlers, able to mobilize over 600,000 combatants in 72 hours, equipped with state-of-the art weapons and backing of the world's only superpower for whatever it wants.
"....under the surface, something has been slowly shifting in Israel as the nation prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary May 14. More and more Israelis are avoiding mandatory military service - something" earlier considered unthinkable.
"In the past, it is true that not serving in the military was considered the exception. In more recent times, it became more tolerable and more acceptable to people."
According to 1997 IDF statistics, less than one in ten Israeli men avoided service. Now it's nearly triple that number, or according to some, even higher, given the resonance of conscientious objectors, Refusniks, students unwilling to serve in the Territories, and "Breaking the Silence" reserves speaking out about IDF atrocities over the past decade, especially during the Gaza war.
Women are also opting out - around 44% compared to 37% a decade earlier. As a result, National Infrastructures Minister, Uzi Landau, called the IDF no longer a "people's army (but rather) half the people's army."
Given Israel's hardline militarism requiring mandatory service, officials are seeking new ways to deter avoidance.
New Profile is a "Movement for the Civil-ization of Israeli Society" away from militarism and a culture of violence, its "feminist women and men....convinced that we need not live in a soldiers' state" and should no longer tolerate one.
In July 2004, its report titled, "Child Recruitment in Israel" examined how Israeli armed forces and Jewish militias indoctrinate young children to be warriors, a practice they believe essential to stop.
Child recruitment involves more than having weapons and using them, their being no front lines in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In Israel and the Territories, IDF soldiers are everywhere. "Many military bases are located inside population centres and few Israelis ever spend a day without meeting soldiers on duty."
(3) by undergoing practical or theoretical training to perform or assist IDF activities, formerly or otherwise.
Armed forces and security groups include Israel's military, its police (including conscripted Border Police), General Security Services (GSS), and Jewish militias, mostly based in settlements.
(3) State Parties shall refrain from recruiting any person who has not attained the age of fifteen into the armed forces. In recruiting among those persons who have attained the age of fifteen years but who have not attained the age of eighteen years, State Parties shall endeavour to give priority to those who are oldest."
Article 77(2) of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions (1977) contains similar language, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) criminalizes the recruiting of children under 15.
The 1990 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child recognized 18 as the minimum recruitment age. Then in 2000, the International Labour Organization's Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention No. 182 condemned "all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery....including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict."
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (2000) prohibited forced recruiting and raised the minimum age to 16.
Contrary to international law, Israeli legislation takes precedence over accepted norms and standards. Conscription at 18 is mandatory, at times includes those six months younger, and children under 18 may enlist voluntarily, but aren't used as combatants until coming of age.
"The formative years of the younger generation produced an ethos created by local experience: guarding fields and crops, fighting with Arab children, being given a weapon at the age of bar mitzvah (a boy's thirteenth birthday). This was the childhood experience of prominent members of the young generation (tempering their outlook) with suspicion, which frequently became hostility, and they reached maturity feeling that a confrontation between (Arabs and Jews) was inevitable."
Before 1948, very young children engaged in military activities, doing so eagerly as a sort of game. As a result, a militaristic worldview developed, especially among youths later becoming leaders. Militant groups formed at this time, including Fosh (a Hebrew acronym for Field Units), the Palmach (Striking Force), Stern Gang (Israeli Freedom Fighters -Lehi in Hebrew) and Irgun (National Military Organization - Etzel in Hebrew).
Before Israel's War of Independence, recruitment was a "Duty to Volunteer." Then it was mandatory after the IDF's establishment on May 26, 1948, replacing the paramilitary Haganah.
It's still called a privilege, a "noble and worthy action," today moulding young minds to be eager when called, but they participated earlier as well. In the 1948 battle for Jerusalem, Youth Battalion trainees, aged 16 and 17, were combatants. So were women.
New Profile calls it "a way of thinking, which promotes forceful solutions, usually military ones, as preferable and even desirable ways of solving problems." As a result, security forces are society's most valued and revered, "whose needs and opinions come second to none." Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, called "The whole nation....an army and the whole land (a) front."
Today's IDF is the world's fourth most powerful military, nuclear armed with state-of-the-art weapons and technology, an active space and satellite program, biological and chemical capabilities, and a large per capita military budget, financed generously by Washington.
The military also controls 48% of public lands, and recycles its commanders into high government positions, including municipality and regional council heads, mayors, ministers, and heads of state. Others get top public administration positions or serve as business executives or directors.
"The unquestioned prestige enjoyed by top military officers emanates downwards, and some of it can still be enjoyed by" common soldiers. Children see and feel it everywhere, including from adult family members, from religious leaders, and in school. In addition, imagery and weapons are ubiquitous, including old tanks, guns and fighter jets visible in public places.
"The military is physically present in schools and school activities," uniformed soldiers there, many teaching classes to program young minds. Further, teachers, especially principals, are retired career officers, and school walls are adorned with names and photos of fallen heros among their graduates. Field trips for all ages are to military memorials on former battlegrounds.
Curricula and textbooks reflect militarism, from kindergarten through high schools that have mandatory programs in all state-run ones called "preparation for the IDF" that includes training. Glorifying military heros and conquests while vilifying Palestinians are featured.
Symbolic recruitment precedes conscription. It consists of indoctrinating youths to feel part of the military, mobilized for war, ready for combat, and eager to participate. More still by kindergarten and elementary school children sending gift packages to soldiers, especially on holidays, expressing gratitude in personal letters.
"The Entire people carry the burden of the war effort, and it is divided between those who wear the IDF uniform and the civilians who are not directly recruited by the IDF.
Therefore it should be understood that (every) civilian carries the burden of the war effort."
Children learn early, and it sticks, preparing them for later conscription and a lifetime of military support. Besides school, they're exposed in ceremonies, commemorations, speeches, field trips to military bases, and holiday celebrations of battles between "us" (Jews) and "the bad guys" (earlier Nazis, Egyptians, Persians, Arabs) and now Palestinians. As a result, children are imbued "to accept military force and war as a natural state and a natural response to conflict situations."


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This article lists different mental health treatments available and some tips to help you identify the appropriate care for a patient and their families, too.
Mental illness can have such a detrimental effect on a family that it could get to point where some of the members may need help and support themselves. In fact, 80% of patients who participated in a survey agreed with this statement.
So, if you or a loved one has a mental illness, it is highly recommended that you seek professional help from a family mental health clinic Colorado Springs company. Don't wait for other family members to develop social or psychological problems of their own.
But how do you choose the appropriate mental health care?
Behavior therapy is designed to help a patient change their behavior and thinking patterns through biofeedback, relaxation training, stress management, and other available Colorado family behavioral health services.
Cognitive therapy aims to identify thinking patterns that lead to troublesome behavior and feelings, and then provide appropriate solutions.
Family therapy requires the participation of every member of the family in discussing problems and finding solutions to them. Discussion and problem-solving sessions are part of family therapy in Colorado Springs.
Group therapy is where a small group of people discusses individual issues and then help each other find solutions. A trained therapist will guide the group during the therapy session.
Movement/art/music therapy, as the name suggests, uses movement, art, or music to help an individual struggling to express their feelings.
Psychoanalysis is a form of long-term therapy that aims to discover early patterns and motivations behind an individual's present mental behavior and actions.
This involves the use of drugs to help persons with emotional and mental disorders better deal with their problems and spare their families from extreme stress.
It is important that a patient seek professional advice from providers of family mental health services in Colorado before taking any medication.
Discuss the possible risks, side effects, contraindications, and other factors that will help ensure optimal results.
ECT is recommended for patients with major depression, hallucinations, and delusions, as well as those suffering from sleep and eating disorders that are likely to lead to death when left untreated.
Consider this as a last resort. If none of the drugs or psychotherapies work, ECT is the next best solution.
Now that you know what each mental health solution offers, it will be easier to identify which treatment you should sign up for.
If you suspect that you or a family member may need psychoanalysis or drug therapy, speak to a mental health care professional. It is best to have a proper diagnosis before any treatment is started.
A mental health clinic can also point you to the right mental health professional. Take the guesswork out of the equation.
In the Colorado Springs area, we are the family mental health clinic Colorado Springs company that provides premier behavioral health treatment for military families and veterans. Whether you need dialectical behavior therapy, play therapy, or counseling services, we can help.
We help take care of active duty family members and veterans through our specialized behavioral healthcare services. Contact us today for any of your or your family's mental health care needs.


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BlackBerry Teams Up with Desay SV Automotive to Enable an Intelligent and Safe Driving Experience for the new Xpeng P7 - a Leading Level 3 Autonomous EV
By: BlackBerry Limited via PR Newswire
WATERLOO, ON and BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced the IPU-03, an autonomous driving domain controller developed in conjunction with Desay SV Automotive, has been officially mass produced in the Xpeng P7, a super-long range, high-performance and fast-charging intelligent EV sports sedan from Xpeng Motors, one of China's leading electric vehicle and technology companies. As the operating system for the IPU-03, QNX® OS for Safety powers the Xpeng P7's intelligent driving system.
Available in China, the Xpeng P7 is one of the world's leading autonomous EVs and carries the Desay SV automatic driving domain control unit – the IPU-03. Through multi-sensor data collection, the IPU-03 calculates the vehicle's driving status and provides 360-degreee omnidirectional perception with real time monitoring of the surrounding environment to make safe driving decisions.
"Desay SV Automotive has extensive experience in intelligent cockpits, smart driving and connected services. Augmented with the safety expertise of BlackBerry® QNX®, together we can address the diverse needs of an auto industry that is undergoing meaningful transformation," said John Wall, Senior Vice President and Co-Head of BlackBerry Technology Solutions. "To that end, it's a real privilege to have BlackBerry technology powering the intelligent driving system within Xpeng Motors innovative new P7 system."
"We are excited to work with BlackBerry QNX who is known for its safety, security, and real-time capabilities," said Li Huang, General Manager of Technology Center at Desay SV Automotive. "Our relationship with BlackBerry QNX allows both companies to improve our product advantages in the field of autonomous driving with a view to providing car manufacturers and users with safe, high-performance and smart mobility solutions."
As the central processing unit for the vehicle's autonomous driving function, the IPU-03 meets the automotive industry's most stringent requirements. On the software side, QNX OS for Safety is an AUTOSAR-compliant real-time operating system (RTOS) containing safety components running on the MCU. On the hardware front, backup redundancy design methodology has been adopted. The IPU-03 fulfills ISO 26262 Functional Safety ASIL Level D and forms the backbone for Xpeng's intelligent driving system. In addition, the NVIDIA Xavier platform has a computing capacity of up to 30 trillion operations per second (TOPS), making it capable of processing massive data input from the vehicle's various sensors, including radars, cameras, lidar and ultrasonic systems, in real time and running algorithms such as perception, positioning, planning, and control without delay.
BlackBerry's QNX OS for Safety is an operating system that embedded developers can use to build safety-critical systems. Based on BlackBerry's advanced and secure QNX® Neutrino® RTOS, QNX OS for Safety has been certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D and IEC 61508 SIL3. With a pre-certified microkernel RTOS, automakers and embedded software developers in a wide variety of industries can accelerate their development and streamline certification efforts with a reduced scope.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world. The company secures more than 500M endpoints including over 175M cars on the road today. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy solutions, and is a leader in the areas of endpoint security management, encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is clear - to secure a connected future you can trust.
BlackBerry. Intelligent Security. Everywhere.
For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow @BlackBerry.
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About Desay SV
Desay SV (stock code: 002920), one of the leading automotive electronics companies, is committed to play an active and role in the transformation of future mobility. Desay SV will continue and further enhance its investment in the focused areas of vehicular interior cabin electrification & integration, vehicular intelligence & security and vehicular internet & connectivity. We offer a Smart Solution, which encompassing the 3 areas of Smart Cabin, Smart Drive & Smart Service. Our mission is creating a safer, more comfortable and efficient mobility for global customers.
Desay SV is committed to augment its expertise and capabilities in R&D, quality management and intelligent manufacturing for over 30 years, ensuring that it is able to meet the diverse needs of OEM customers and provide them with superior solutions and services. Desay SV has established long-term partnerships with Volkswagen Group, Toyota Motor Corporation, Mazda, Volvo Cars, FAW Group, SAIC Group, Geely Auto, Great Wall Motors, GAC Group, Chery, NIO, XPENG and many other local and global OEM customers.
With the headquarter located in Huizhou, Desay SV Automotive has also set up R&D branches in Nanjing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Singapore, Europe, Japan and USA.
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ancients and moderns
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The battle between the so-called ancients and moderns was a celebrated literary argument that raged in France and England in the 17th century. The "ancients" held that classical literature of Greece and Rome were the only models for literary excellence; the "moderns" challenged the value of the classical writers.
The rise of modern science tempted some French intellectuals to assume that if old ideas of science could be overturned, it might be possible to surpass other ancient arts. The first attacks on the ancients came from a group defending some heroic poems by Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin. The poems were based on Christian rather than classical mythology. With the publication of Nicolas Boileau's treatise L'Art poétique (1674), which defined the case for the ancients and upheld the classical traditions of poetry, the argument became bitter and personal. Among the chief supporters of the moderns were Charles Perrault and Bernard de Fontenelle. Supporters of the ancients were Jean de La Fontaine and Jean de La Bruyère.
In England the argument continued until well into the first decade of the 18th century. In 1690 Sir William Temple, in his Essay upon Ancient and Modern Learning, supported the excellence of ancient learning. William Wotton responded to Temple in his Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning (1694). He praised the moderns in most but not all branches of learning, admitting the superiority of the ancients in poetry, art, and speech. Eventually two main issues emerged: whether literature progressed from ancient times to the present as science did, and whether, if there was progress, it was constant or cyclical. These matters were seriously discussed. Jonathan Swift, defending his patron Temple, satirized the conflict in The Battle of the Books (1704).


I'm here at my first writers conference. Its All Writers – All Weekend hosted by the Silicon Valley RWA. Last night was the agent panel. Scott Eagan, Laurie McLean, and Laura Bradform presented what's hot (and what's not) and took questions. They also judged a first line contest. The best part of their presentation was a bit of news. Despite the recession, Romance is SELLING…big time. So, if you have a finished manuscript, get it polished up and submitted…now is the time!
Afterwards, we broke up into a no-host dinner. I went to a Malaysian restaurant (The Banana Leaf) with a small group of writers. What a blast. To sit and steep in conversation all about writing, the business, the struggle…it was inspiring.
Today, we have speakers, a book signing, and I'm pitching to one of the agents. It'll be my first ptich session and I'm doing it off the cuff, so wish me luck!
Oh, on another note, I bought my first audio book for the drive up here (5 hours). Wow…I don't often get to listen to anything I like in the car, but audiobooks are wonderful. Time just flew by…too bad I only had time to upload part 1 to my IPOD…so I'll only have 2 hours left of the book for the drive home. Sigh.
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Dawn breaks, flooding the eastern sky with the first burnished light of the day.
The Vineyard's coastal ponds are in trouble, and nothing short of bold action will save them.
Twenty-five per cent of Island families whose children attend public schools participate in the free and reduced lunch program.
The Island is gradually acquiring an unfamiliar new reputation — as a sophisticated dining destination.
Like the first ice cream cone of summer, June has been a month to savor this year.
Thirty years ago summer was incomplete without rocking chairs and hammocks.
Pieces of what could become a comprehensive plan have begun to take shape for a stretch of Edgartown-Vineyard Haven road.
It's a truism that Islanders love their ferries. They scrutinize them, fuss over them like children, play favorites with them.


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New Ordinances Require "Soft Story" Retrofits in Metropolitan Multi-Family Units – by David Lopp
New Ordinances Require "Soft Story"…
This article was posted on Monday, Aug 01, 2016
The adoption of Soft-Story Retrofit Ordinance recognizes a vulnerable building type and mandates corrective measures.
It is common knowledge that California geology is vulnerable to earthquakes. Geological records show a pattern of seismic events that can be used to determine the locations most susceptible to an earthquake. The experience of seismic events within our lifetime has demonstrated the vulnerability in some building types that are described as "weak" or "soft-story" buildings. Having identified the more vulnerable building type what corrective measures can be taken to avoid a housing catastrophe on the scale of Hurricane Katrina?
Soft-Story buildings are common in many California metropolitan areas. They are typically constructed with tenant parking on the ground level and apartment living areas above. The parking level is referred to as a soft story because it supports the weight of the upper levels on very narrow walls or often times on posts to provide the opening required for parking cars. But in the event of an earthquake, these same narrow walls will be subjected to horizontal forces that can bring the building down as witnessed in the 1989 San Francisco earthquake and at the Northridge Meadows Apartments in 1994.
To demonstrate the structural shortcomings of soft story buildings, visualize a table with wobbly legs that are supporting a lot of weight. Shaking that table from side to side will cause the legs to buckle in the same way a soft story building will in a catastrophic collapse.
Who is Affected by the Ordinances?
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Code officials in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the City of Los Angeles have recently adopted ordinances that require soft story seismic retrofits. The numbers are staggering, as will be the cost. There are currently 18,000+ wood frame buildings already identified that will require retrofitting under their local ordinance, and as an apartment owner, you may have already been notified of retrofit requirements.
The L.A. Times has reported in the City of Los Angeles alone there are an estimated 13,500 buildings identified, each of these must be retrofit with code-approve seismic structural solutions.
When Does the Work Have to be Done?
The amount of time building owners have to complete the fixes varies depending on the location of your buildings. In L.A., you have up to seven years to complete retrofit requirements. In San Francisco the due dates depend on the type of building you own. Type I buildings ("any building containing educational, assembly, or residential care facility uses") must be retrofit by 9/17/2017. Type IV buildings ("any building containing ground floor commercial use") has until 9/15/2018 to submit permit applications, and until 9/15/2020 for the work to be completed. (See City and County of San Francisco Department of Building Inspections – Mandatory Soft Story Program.)
Although the Los Angeles and San Francisco Building Departments were first to adopt the ordinances, they are often leaders in the adoption of new policies making it likely to spread to other counties and cities. (So, look for these ordinances to appear in other States with high Seismic Design Categories such as Oregon and Washington.)
Installing a Solution
Estimates as to the collective retrofit business range from $150 million to as much as $200 million meaning contractors who are qualified and capable of this type work are going to be in great demand. The industry is aware of the need to provide retrofit services and is responding. If you Google "soft story retrofit" you will get results of resources available including engineers, contractors, materials and descriptions of the work.
There is not a single structural solution for all buildings, nor a single solution within a particular building. For some buildings, conventional plywood "shear walls" are appropriate to offer resistance to seismic loads. In others, pre-fabricated structural shear wall systems or "Moment Frames" will be necessary. ("Moment Frames" are sturdy welded column-and-beam steel assemblies, specially designed for seismic events.) Given that many structures are two or more stories above ground level parking, with narrow vertical supports (and the need to protect parking spaces) Moment Frames are frequently the most appropriate solution. The types of Moment Frames used most often in soft story retrofits are Special Moment Frame, also called SMF, and they are designed to resist the "significant inelastic deformation" caused by earthquakes. Installation of a Moment Frame requires that column "base plates" be anchored to the foundation, which requires some excavation and disruption.
Moment Frame Types
There are primarily two manufacturers offering standardized, pre-fabricated Special Moment Frames: Hardy Frames, a MiTek Builder Product and Simpson Strong Tie. The pre-fabricated SMF's currently offered primarily differ in two ways: the member sizes required and whether on-site assembly is required.
The Hardy Frame Special Moment Frame provides an advantage over Simpson because it is pre-assembled and welded at the factory, then delivered to the jobsite complete and ready to install. The first step in installation is excavating for concrete pads. When the foundation is prepared the frame is tilted at an angle then raised up snug to the building where it is attached through steel connectors. Once the SMF is in place concrete is poured to secure the frames anchorage to the foundation.
Property owners will be responsible for arranging and funding in areas where ordinances have been adopted. In these areas, there are guidelines permitting some of the expense to be shared with tenants through rent. Additionally, there will be owner benefits for having their building retrofit. Renters will prefer living in buildings that are safer and that they will not be displaced in the event there is a major seismic event. And the cost to retrofit is a fraction of the cost to repair or to replace a soft-story building with the type of damage it may experience. When viewed as investment, owners should consider a "performance based design" that goes beyond life safety design to dramatically reduce the sustainable damage.
David Lopp is Vice President of Technical Support for the Hardy Frame Shear Wall System. For more information contact him at (800) 754-3030, [email protected] or visit www.hardyframe.com
Hardy Frame: www.HardyFrame.com/softstory
Simpson Strong Tie: www.StrongTie.com
City of L.A. Dept. of Building Safety: http://ladbs.org/services/core-services/plan-check-permit/plan-check-permit-special-assistance/mandatory-retrofit-programs/soft-story-retrofit-program
The City and County of San Francisco: http://sfdbi.org/property-owners
Quake Map: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Map-Largest-Magnitude-Earthquakes-California-Since-1900-296075431.html
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Going Direct: FAA As The Enemy
By Isabel Goyer
Published March 7, 2017 Updated July 1, 2019
The agency's blindsiding GA on its Santa Monica capitulation was more than the alphabets could take.
A couple of weeks ago when the FAA made the surprise announcement—"surprise" as in Pearl Harbor and not Happy Birthday, by the way—we weighed in that the move was something we'd never seen the agency do before. Our suggestion, you might recall, was not to take it lying down, but to say "hell, no." Thankfully, the National Business Aviation Association, along with Santa Monica-area parties supporting the airport, has filed a motion requesting a stay of the FAA's settlement agreement with Santa Monica that would allow the city to immediately shorten the runway to 3,500 feet (a length that would be too short to allow jet traffic), and to allow the city to shut down SMO as an airport by 2028.
Our take was that something was going on for the FAA to have reached a settlement that was in such diametric philosophical opposition to its long-held positions on the case. Not only that, but the manner in which the agency reached the agreement, to have shaken hands and signed documents before giving the aviation community a heads-up about it, evinces in our minds a consciousness of guilt on the part of the FAA. It clearly didn't want to introduce a plan so abhorrent to GA without it being a done deal. Just what transpired to cause the FAA to swap positions on SMO so suddenly and drastically is unknown. We hereby ask the agency to fill us in on those details.
In its filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., NBAA protested that in reaching the settlement "FAA disregarded well-established statutory and regulatory prerequisites to the release on an airport from federal obligations." It continued that "Even a cursory review of the actions taken—and not taken—by FAA finds that the agency did not comply with requirements both basic and mandatory, and thus the settlement agreement is invalid—as would be any actions taken in reliance upon it."
I'm sure that the NBAA thought long and hard before filing such a motion. After all, there's a longstanding practice in aviation of industry organizations playing nice with the FAA while still asking for what we want and, in some cases, what we need. That approach is in the spirit of best practices conflict resolution.
But when the agency so blatantly flaunts its power as to unilaterally impose a settlement that it knew was anathema to the GA community, that's a sure sign that that spirt of lively disagreement between stakeholders and the regulators has been broken. In such cases it's time to stop playing nice, even if that means stepping on some toes of some folks we'll have to work with later. Ground rules matter, and we've got to insist that the FAA abide by them.
We reached out to both AOPA and EAA for comment on the NBAA's motion for a stay but did not hear back from them on short notice. We'll update when we get comment from those GA member organizations.
We applaud NBAA for taking up the mantle in this fight not only to save Santa Monica, but to give the FAA a message loud and clear that its Santa Monica dirty deal was no way to treat its partners.
If you want more commentary on all things aviation, go to our Going Direct blog archive.
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I said a few week ago that the FAA was a friendaenemy! It can be a friend or enemy on it own choosing. They want to privatize the GA control towers and they to get rid of as many flyers as possible. So how do you account for a loss of about a half million flyers in such a short time as maybe about ten years.
Michael J. Nutt says:
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." This has been a standing joke for years -never more true than in discussing the FAA in the last 20 years. Whether it was pulling Bob Hoover's medical, not fighting strongly over Meigs, not taking action on the revised medical standards several years ago, the current delays in getting the third class medical revisions in place, SMO…..
Bill Thompson says:
FAA stand for Finally Abolish Aviation, and with closing SMO they take another step toward their goal.
Go get'em NBAA.
R P Joe Smith says:
The eleven year out timing for execution is bad enough, but we should really be screaming about the okay to lop off 1473 feet of runway, and thereby for all practical purposes shutting it down now for a significant (both in numbers and in economic importance) segment of aviation.
Josh T says:
NBAA maybe…AOPA?…I doubt anyone still takes them seriously.
Woody Anderson says:
Well duh ! That land is worth mega millions to a developer in that neighborhood. Hire a researcher in land and finance and you find out who paid off who to make the deal. And tried to ran it through without any notice or review. Pretty obvious. Million dollar condos and a shopping mall generate a lot more property tax and sales tax than grass. Denver's mayor got pimped by developers to build high density housing without even any parking spaces, because parking spaces just lowers the average return per square foot of land and enclosed space. Start checking bank accounts.
Bob Crow says:
Dirty pool going on here….just follow the money trail, this is no surprise.


Mods/Admin: Fred has approved this thread. Not too sure if I've placed this in the correct sub-forum, so please move it if you wish. Normally I would put it "Announcements" but on this forum you have to be a Mum or Dad to be able to do that.
Announcing the second HNT Gordon Planes Group Buy – but the first for the USA- and exclusive to talkFestool.
These planes have been specifically designed with a high angle for difficult timbers that are prone to tear out.
You are very welcome to spread the word of this offer amongst your mates on other forums (put a link in to here if it's allowed). AFAIK, non-members won't be able to see the images (including my email address), so it could be a good way of increasing the membership of tF – that has certainly happened over here as a result of the various Group Buys that I have run.
Orders from countries outside the US can be shipped direct. Canadian orders would obviously be best to go to the US though.
For example, if 2 or 3 people from Europe wanted to order then we'd just set up a different cluster there to receive one shipment.
It is worth noting that Gidgee is almost as hard as Ebony, with a Janka rating of 19 (Ebony is 20). It is an Acacia from the very dry areas of Queensland, and is very, very stable.
Refer to attached spreadsheet (below) for prices, or visit the website. HNT GORDON WEBSITE. Just fill in the details at the top of the sheet and email back to me. When you put a quantity of "1" in any line the spreadsheet will self-tally at the top.
In my opinion the Tail Vise is a beauty. Holds the wood firmly, but with only moderate tensioning of the knob (in fact it just needs a quick flick). It is reasonably quick to travel the rear dog through the whole 100mm length (about 4-5 seconds). This isn't as fast as a quick release vise, but it means a whole lot less handle hanging outside the bench, and they are pretty easy to install (60-90 minutes).
You can order extra dogs of increased heights, and ½", ¾" have been the popular choices. It comes with one ¼" high dog. If you do not have any other dogs to use at the front of the vise then you should order an extra ¼', and if you order other sizes then you should specify 2x of them (I have regretted not doing so).
Please ask whatever questions you like – if I don't know the answer then I'll get it for you.
Paypal is an option, but you would have to add on about 3.5% to your total. I think that the best way to do that part would be to send your money to a central person in the USA, and then they forward a payment using Forex or similar. I have found OzForex to be very good, and with justabout the best exchange rates. The minimum payment through OzForex is $2000, and I imagine Forex is the same. The payment would be made direct to HNT Gordon, as this is a requirement to avoid the 10% tax (must be paid from, and shipped to an overseas source).
By using Forex or similar you will get a much better exchange rate than a credit card, and a much smaller fee.
For shipping the planes: the method will depend upon the number of planes ordered. I would think that Sea Freight would be the most appropriate for a larger order, although it takes about 3 months. Through Australia Post, sea freight for their maximum weight of 20kgs (44 lbs) would be around $200, or $10/kilo and air freight would be about $330, or $16.50/kilo. Depending on the total size of the order it could be done as one package delivered to your central person, who could then on-post to the recipients. In that case there may well be significantly cheaper sea freighters. I'm happy to organise Air Freight, if required, and perhaps it might be a combination of both.
To give an example of the weight of one plane: the A55 Trying Plane is 1.9 kilos, so $20 approx by sea freight. Not too bad at all, and shows the benefits of freight sharing.
We can discuss all of that in this thread.
In the next post I will put up some pictures.
Edit: Ah, you know that pricelist I mentioned? It's a .xls file that I can't upload here so in the interim I'll convert it to a .pdf and wait to see if a .xls is possible. Mods?
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I have always wanted a few HNT Gordon planes, as I do use quite a bit of bubinga, which can be difficult (it has about the same Janka rating as jarra).
As I'm in Japan, and don't use PayPal, I might be just as well off ordering direct and having them sent straight here instead of via the USA.
Wouldn't want to see you paying full price Okami, and I reckon I have a very cunning solution for that. I'll PM you.
One thing I didn't make clear at all was that orders from countries outside the US can be shipped direct. Canadian orders would obviously be best to go to the US though.
For example, if 2 or 3 people from Europe wanted to order then we'd just set up a different cluster there to receive one shipment. In that particular case I would also have a very cunning plan for payment (I'll be placing an order with Liogier in France in a couple of months - if you get my drift).
It may even be possible to do a similar thing from within the US, as I will be placing fairly regular orders with Lee Valley, and currently under consideration for Australia is a GB of router bits and saw blades from someone like Routerbitworld, Aman, Infinity, Forrest et al.
Ok, let's get smart about this and set up a global trade (I'm quite serious). It avoids the currency losses and fees with sending money overseas, and also means that smaller amounts can be sent.
This could be wickedly good!
You may think that this sounds complex, but with the aid of a trusty spreasheet it is in fact remarkably simple, in fact simpler than doing money transfers. All the money and goods go into a pool (in the spreadsheet) and are then just reallocated. Piece o' cake actually.
I did this for one of our members here just recently. He wanted to purchase a plane from a guy in the US who didn't take credit card or Paypal. Eez problem. No problem - another chap from the US has an order for some Harold & Saxon chisels, so he paid for the plane and I just credited his chisel "account" with the same funds. Too easy.
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Anyhow, what I want ( if funds weren't an issue) is a smoother, try plane, flat and curved spokeshave. I'd also like one of those radius planes. All with HSS blades.
Ok, I'll backburner that, and see how it would fit into what we were discussing.
A55 or traditional for the smoother and trying?
Traditional for me, Brett. That's the big attraction for me over the western style planes. For jobs like flattening and smoothing a table top, for me, pulling the plane is so much more effective, faster and less effort. Can't beat the Asian style planes for this kind of work.
In the interest of balanced perspective and also how these planes perform on American timbers, it would be useful if anyone who already has an HNT plane could post their thoughts on them.
There about 2500 floating around the US, so they are not unknown at all, but not widely known. Woodcraft bought a couple of shipments about 8-10 (?) years ago.
I know Eiji had one and loved it. That plane inspired him to start making his own.
As far as Asian style planes go, I reckon these are hard to beat.


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A Brigadier from the Disaster Commission of Sebedoh (Dale Potter from RedR) provides logistical instructions to second year Bachelor of Humanitarian and Community Studies student Suzanne Kady during the simulation
Students respond to humanitarian 'emergency'
By Leanne Miles
Students have provided humanitarian aid to 15,000 internally displaced people in the fictitious country of Sebedoh as part of a simulated humanitarian disaster event at Charles Darwin University.
The activity was part of a three-week intensive unit for students to gain hands-on experiences and skills in providing life-saving relief as part of the Bachelor of Humanitarian and Community Studies.
CDU lecturer and course coordinator Adriana Stibral said the unique intensive was delivered in collaboration with humanitarian aid and training organisation RedR Australia as part of the CDU/RedR Alliance and brought together 25 students from nine countries.
"The operational planning exercise is a full-day field simulation that immerses the students in an emergency scenario and provides them with the essentials of humanitarian practice."
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Taking on the role of one of six organisations, the students worked in teams to provide logistics, food, health, protection, shelter and liaison between government organisations.
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RedR Australia Senior Trainer Paula Fitzgerald said the exercise was an opportunity for students to gain insight into the complexities of humanitarian action by providing them with essential, first-hand practical experiences.
She said the RedR Australia trainers were practicing emergency response workers with experience working in complex humanitarian operations including the civil wars in South Sudan, Afghanistan and East Timor, and the recent cyclones in Fiji and Vanuatu.


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Associate Professor Reza Naraghi
Specialist podiatric surgeon training and supervising future industry leaders
Associate Professor Reza Naraghi graduated from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine in 2000 before completing surgical residencies in New York and Los Angeles. As part of his residency training in LA, he participated in a Baja project for children with disabilities in Mexico, gaining valuable experience in managing complex paediatric deformities.
After moving to Australia with his family in 2007, Dr Naraghi began work as a senior lecturer and Associate Professor in podiatric medicine and surgery at UWA. He then completed his PhD studies at UWA in 2018 with his thesis on 'An investigation into the epidemiology and aetiology of Morton's neuroma' from which four publications were produced in high-calibre foot and ankle journals.
Dr Naraghi is the course coordinator for the Doctor of Podiatric Surgery and the unit coordinator for the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, and is actively involved in training and supervising future podiatric surgeons.
He is a registered specialist Podiatric Surgeon and fellow Australian Association of Podiatric Surgeons. He has surgical privileges at UWA Podiatric Surgery Centre, Park Private Hospital, and Westminster Day Surgery Centre.
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An investigation into the epidemiology and aetiology of Morton's Neuroma
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Plantar Pressure Measurements and Geometric Analysis of Patients With and Without Morton's Neuroma
Naraghi, R., Slack-Smith, L. & Bryan, A. 1 Jul 2018 In: Foot and Ankle International. 39, 1, p. 829-835
Postoperative analgesic efficacy of dexamethasone sodium phosphate versus triamcinolone acetonide in bunionectomy: A prospective, single-blinded pilot randomized controlled trial
Ongzalima, C. O., Lee, W. L. R., Hoang, A., Wong, M. Y. & Naraghi, R. N. 30 Jun 2016 In : The Foot and Ankle Online Journal. 9, 2, 9 p.
Radiographic Analysis of Feet with and Without Morton's Neuroma
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The relationship between foot posture index, ankle equinus, body mass index and intermetatarsal neuroma
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As any good chef will tell you, there is nothing more important than the part of each day dedicated to prep work. Without well-planned and executed prep, labor and food costs, as well as quality, are impossible to control. And although service time is where the rubber meets the road, prep time is where we install the tires. When our restaurant's doors open, we all want our kitchens to perform like a perfectly designed, well-oiled machine from the very first order through to the very last dessert. One of the necessary components that will insure that this is the scenario that actually plays out on any given night is for everyone in our kitchen to have every item they need to produce their orders, properly prepared and in sufficient quantities. It also helps if our cooks and chefs start service feeling comfortable, confident and relaxed as opposed to freaking out because they have just spent the last three hours running around like their hair was on fire trying in vain to set up their stations. Let's look at ways to make sure that our prep time is as efficient and productive as it can be, so that our kitchens run as smoothly and economically as we need them to.
The first thing to always remember is that prep is a totally menu-driven entity. It is one of your main jobs as chef or kitchen manager to be thoroughly familiar with the menu, and to know exactly what needs to be produced to serve it. If you are new to a job, waste no time. As soon as possible, learn everything that the kitchen produces, just how it is done, and for what application. With this knowledge, you will be well equipped to accomplish your basic tasks in regards to prep work: having the correct ingredients in the kitchen at the right time and in sufficient quantities, having the correct complement of staff scheduled, having the necessary equipment on hand and being able to direct the actual production.
Having the right food in the right quantities in the kitchen when you and your staff need it is crucial. Even the most talented, well-trained and enthusiastic crew won't be able to produce the prep you need out of thin air. If deliveries are late or product specs are wrong, then quality, consistency, cost-control, timeliness and attitude will suffer. An occasional glitch is to be expected and can usually be dealt with without much fanfare. However, if you experience regular problems in this arena, something needs to change. It could be your vendors or your in-house systems. Another possibility is that your systems and vendors are fine, but either your systems aren't being followed as well as they should be or the vendors aren't being paid as well as they need to be.
Having the right food in the right quantities at the right time is the end result of good inventory, ordering, receiving and storage practices. Besides the regular major inventories that are done for the purpose of figuring out food costs (COGS-Food), mini inventories should be done before every order is placed. If you know you need a particular item to prep a certain dish but aren't sure of just how much you already have in stock, go look. This is especially important for expensive or perishable items, two categories with a lot of overlap, as it turns out. Even if you are sure that you have plenty of sea scallops to get through the next night, what if they have gone bad? Or what if the last shift used them? Or what if the can in the back that you assumed was full only has six scallops in it? How about if you order more than you need, and they end up spoiling before you can use them? Maybe you just have too much on your mind to accurately remember every little thing. Regardless, no harm will come from checking, compared to what might go wrong if you don't.
When putting together your orders do whatever you have to do to stack the deck in your favor. If you are familiar enough with the menu to mentally go down the list and not miss one item while being sure of just how much of it you need, good for you. (If you are sure that this describes you and it really doesn't, too bad for everyone.) If you need a hard copy of the menu in front of you, along with a calculator and a legal pad to take notes on, there's no shame in that if the result is accurate orders. If it's more your style to have every ingredient from every dish on a spreadsheet with all the pertinent information attached, that's fine too. Do whatever you need to so that you order just what you need, every time. Be especially aware of items needed for specials, both in terms of forgetting them and seeing them as an opportunity to use their byproducts elsewhere on the menu. Of course, the most meticulously written order won't do anyone any good if you don't place it by a vendor's deadline. Be sure to give yourself enough time to figure out your orders so that you can get them in on time. I know some days that's easier said than done but, hey, that's why you get the big bucks.
Doing a good job of receiving orders is frequently an activity that gets shortchanged. But what's the purpose of going through all the trouble of placing good orders if there is no system in place to make sure that what you ordered is actually delivered? In time, almost anyone can be trained to do a good job checking in orders. But don't take for granted that anyone will, without instruction and reinforcement, be able to tell if seafood, meat and produce is fresh, or distinguish spinach from arugula, or use a scale accurately and consistently, or make it through an entire invoice without loosing interest. Honest mistakes from your vendors are inevitable, but they will be a lot easier to correct during the receiving process than later, when your cooks need an item to prep and, at best, it will be an hour or two away.
The last link in this chain is proper storage. Once you have placed the orders for exactly what you need, and have ascertained that they are, indeed, in house, the next step is to store the products in a way that is easily accessible and appropriate in terms of their shelf life. Procedures should be put in place to ice fresh seafood, get frozen items into the freezers immediately, put raw meats on the bottom shelves, rotate stock, etc. All storage areas should be clean, uncluttered, well lit and kept at the proper temperature. This will make it easy to place orders, find products to prep and prevent loss from spoilage.
Once you have gone through all the necessary steps to get the correct product in house, the next thing to do is make sure that everything that needs to be done to those products gets done. The best way to get anywhere is with a good roadmap (or a suitable app), and the best roadmap for prep work is a good prep list. Like the process of placing orders, a prep list is totally menu driven. Just like when you are writing your orders, do whatever you have to do to not forget anything. Prep lists should be easy to read and contain everything your cooks will need to know to do the right thing. Spreadsheets are perfect for this, as well as being a great tool for the person writing them. If applicable for your operation, a master prep list that contains all the normal items can be written on a spreadsheet. You can then filter the list so that only the items needed that day will be displayed on the hard copy hanging in the kitchen. This will help insure that no items are accidently omitted, and that no pertinent information is left off. A special section can be included for specials or unusual dishes.
Since, hopefully, the same staff will be doing very similar prep day after day, a prep list doesn't need to have a lot of detail. However, don't leave out the basics. Important specs should not be omitted. If there is any chance of confusion, be specific. For example, specify Choice vs. Prime, 16-20 shrimp vs. U-10s, etc. The amount that you want should always be indicated. If one gallon of a particular sauce is the norm, your cook might have no idea that, because of a banquet, you'll need one and a half gallons that night. If you want 30 portions of tenderloin steaks, indicate it on the prep list. The cook might get up to 50 portions before you notice and stop him; and maybe you'll need those three extra PSMOs left whole to roast for something else. Be specific with portions. If you want this evening's steaks to be 8-ounces each, put it on the list. Perhaps the cook doing the butchering for you is used to prepping 6-ounce steaks for lunch. Think through the practical aspects of your particular situation and include pertinent information: possibly who you want to prep certain items, which station a particular item needs to end up at, if the cook should ask you about a certain item before they start to work on it, and so on.
Think through your menu and figure out the best way to organize the prep. While some delicate items, like pico de gallo, will need to be prepped every day, others, like coq au vin, will actually improve with age and so can be prepped in large batches once a week. If you have both of these items on your menu, one should probably go.
Once you've written your prep list, you'll be able to see exactly what needs to get done. Use this information to help schedule just the right amount of staff to get the prep finished without either wasting money or burning your crew out before the first guest walks through the door. You wouldn't want to order too much or too little snapper compared to what you need, so don't schedule the wrong amount of prep staff either. A wasted dollar is a wasted dollar, whether it's in labor costs or food costs; and with labor, the mistakes add up even more quickly than they do with food. Do make sure that you have the right individuals on hand to accomplish the specific tasks on the list. If fish needs to be butchered, or a Hollandaise must be made, know that someone will be available who knows how. At the same time, it's a great idea to pair these more experienced people with someone who can assist them, and eventually learn what they know. The more things everyone in your kitchen is capable of doing, the better you'll sleep – and the easier it will become to staff each shift.
Be conscious of using the best person for each job as much as possible. In the same way that you wouldn't use sea bass in a dish that cod would work just as well in, try not to use your sous chef to peel a case of potatoes. A steward could do it just as well, for less money, and use it as a first step out of the ware washing station and towards the hot line. You should be able to find a task better suited for your sous chef's skill level, too. With this system, everyone wins.
Considering the (very worthwhile and necessary) trouble and expense of handling all the activities outlined above, it really makes no sense to ask your staff to do a great job prepping your menu with one hand tied behind their backs. I'm referring to not providing them with the requisite tools to get the job done efficiently and without needless frustration. You should understand exactly what equipment it takes to produce the prep you need. Various containers, ladles, bains, side towels, functioning ovens and other "small" things will make all the difference between great prep and a happy crew and the opposite. Don't scrimp on necessary equipment.
So now you have every ingredient you'll need on hand, the right number of the right workers scheduled early enough to get everything done in time, a clear, complete prep list and all the equipment it takes to get the job done. Last but certainly not least, your crew needs – and wants – clear direction from managers, along with sufficient follow-up. Show them just what you want them to do, how you want it done, and what an acceptable pace is. Don't expect them to get it right the first time, and don't take for granted that if they did it perfectly yesterday, they will again today.
The two things your managers must be primarily concerned with are quality and quantity. Exactly what do you want your cooks to prepare, and how much? If a cook is supposed to be portioning 30 8-ounce rib eye steaks, don't assume that each steak will be 8 ounces or that there will be 30 of them when he or she is finished. Make sure that they are using an ounce scale (not a pound scale). Mention the number 30 more than once. Check in with them regularly enough so that you'll catch the third 5-ounce steak and not the 20th. Sometimes it seems the worse work a prep cook is doing, the faster they move. The same clear direction and follow-up applies to every task being done. Take frequent laps around the kitchen, seeing what everyone is doing. As a manager, you can't pay too much attention. Cajole, politely correct and praise as is appropriate. Sauces should taste good, pre-seared items shouldn't look poached, if something is supposed to have grill marks on it they should be visible from 20 feet, etc. Don't take anything for granted, don't let things slip, but never miss an opportunity to let someone know that you love their work, either.


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Q: What is the word that means "visibility far beyond the line of sight" Here "Visibility" is used metaphorically. Something which is physically not visible but can be monitored as if it is present in our line of sight(using technology)  Example, GPS trackers fixed in vehicle can track the activities of the vehicle(speed, direction, location etc.) beyond our line of sight. Even though vehicle is not physically present in front of our eyes, we can keep track on movements.

A: I'm not 100% positive I have understood your question, but I'll give it a shot.
As already commented, "visibility" implies vision, sight, i.e. one of the human senses.
When speaking of GPS, one might utilize the word in a metaphorical sense, to somehow make the functionality of a GPS more intelligible to a non-tech audience, by likening it to "vision".
A wider and more suitable term, in my humble opinion, would be to speak of "perception". Its semantic boundaries are not so fixed as those of sight, hearing, or any other of our senses, so it might just as well be used to connote the reception of some kind of signals by some kind of machine, in a way that's meaningful to it.
Hence, since I take it you're looking for a noun that might be used instead of "visibility", my suggestion is:
perceptibility ( or its sibling perceivability )
M-W makes a fleeting note of the former, O.D. of the latter.
Combining either of the two words with the term "GPS" will give you several potentially interesting search hits on Google.
Here's an example that might suit your context:

Satelite perceptibility can be a problem in urban and densely forested
  locations due to both tall buildings and tree canopy interference with
  reception.

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