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Here at upgrade sub base Specification, our UK leading expert team use shock pads to reduce the amount of impact a person has when falling on artificial turf. We highly recommend rubber shock pads because otherwise it will feel like falling on tarmac and you could seriously injure yourself. If you want to upgrade a sub-base specification in Todd's Green, our friendly and experienced team are here to help.
An artificial turf pitch replacement is a perfect time to check the base and repair any defects the sports pitch may have, such as the levels and general performance of the pitch; we can upgrade sub base specification in Todd's Green SG1 4 to improve your facility overall. When removing the old existing artificial turf it is important to do this with considerable care so that there is minimal disturbance to your sub-base.
There are a number of different types of sub-base for sports pitches the most common a dynamic sub-base which is made up of compacted MOT Type 1 Stone or an engineered sub-base which is a layer of macadam or a no fines concrete. If when up lifted the surface is unlevel or has a degree of undulation it is important to pay attention to this, if the carpet is laid on top of an uneven sub-base it will just follow the existing contours. We offer sub-base upgrades for a variety of surfaces including 3G.
To learn more about 3G surfaces please visit this page http://artificialturfpitchreplacement.co.uk/new-surfacing/3g-astroturf-surfaces/hertfordshire/todd-s-green/ We provide details on the various surfaces and the sub bases we can upgrade.
If you would like to find out more about upgrading your base spec, please local contact our team using the enquiry form on this page. We will be more than happy to talk you through the process and the benefits of updating your existing sub-base.
If the existing base is MOT Type 1 Stone and a little uneven it is possible to add more MOT Type 1 Stone to the troubled areas and compacting until level. Other options include laying an engineered layer of asphalt macadam over the entire area closest to you to give the sports surface the most even, level finish possible.
All sub-bases which we install in Todd's Green SG1 4 are SUDS compliant meaning that in the event of rainwater is able to drain through the system suitably into the sub strata instead of flowing straight into the drains causing them to over burden and flood.
A sub base is the layer of aggregate which is installed prior to laying the top surface. For nearby synthetic turf sports pitches, a number of materials can be used for the sub-base. First, a dynamic stone sub-base is installed to the required depths across the surface. After the compacted stone has been installed, professionals will lay a tarmacadam foundation layer to create a smooth surface for the synthetic turf to be installed on. For sports like rugby, a rubber shock pad may be installed prior to laying the artificial grass to allow for improved safety characteristics.
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In the event of unlevel surrounding areas on an insitu laid shockpad it's possible to add amounts of rubber to bring the surface level and back within tolerance.
When an artificial sports surface is first replaced general repairs to your shockpad are more common than a complete rip-up and replacement of the shock pad. This is because a rubber shockpad should last double the amount of time of the synthetic turf and therefore during its first replacement, if uplifted by a specialist contractor, minimal damage should be done to the shock pad layer meaning it should be in a good enough condition to lay onto with only slight repairs needed.
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SPEAK TO OUR TEAMOur team can offer various other services too including the supply of sports equipment. For details regarding the equipment, we supply please click here http://artificialturfpitchreplacement.co.uk/upgrade-facility/upgrade-sports-equipment/hertfordshire/todd-s-green/ We would be more than happy to provide the equipment for you when carrying out sub-base upgrades, so please contact us if you have any further requests.
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Automatic rising bollards are great for a number of facilities, including car-parks, public spaces, offices and homes. The purpose of parking-bollards is to prevent vehicles entering and exiting a certain area.
Normally, for public spaces, such as a shopping street in the centre of a town, the parking-bollards are automated to a set time. This means that they can rise and lower themselves at certain times. You may also find these bollards in schools https://www.automated-access.co.uk/school-gates/ and other areas.
The reason that these are normally required for public streets is because in the day time and busy periods you do not want vehicles using the street because the public will be suing them and it could be dangerous.
However, in the early morning and evening, they might be lowered so that vehicles can use the street. It is important for areas where shops are that they can be lowered because shops will need deliveries and this might be the only entrance available.
If you're interested in finding out more about this type of rising access system and how we could install it for you, we recommend that you speak to our professionals by filling out the application form which is on our website.
Bollards are a great option for properties, homes and facilities that are looking to improve their secuirty and enterance access. The automatic bollards can move up and down to allow cars to enter a home or road during selected times.
These are perfect and can be used all year round. Let us know if you would like to find out more information or speak to our professionals today. We are happy to give you all the details required to get the results you're looking for. Simply fill out the enquiry form provided and we will get back to you shortly.
Parking-bollards are used to prevent an unauthorised car exiting a facility or going into an area when it is not allowed. As the parking-bollards are automatic, it means that they do not have to be managed or watched by an individual as a system could be set up to control the time they rise and lower.
Car park bollards are normally used with car park barriers http://www.automated-access.co.uk/barriers/ The bollards are normally not up all the time but are set on a timer to rise and lower at certain times. This can be to stop a car-park being used at unsociable hours when they are shut.
Then if a car is left in a facility overnight, the bollard system will rise and only be lowered when the car-park is open.
This also provides a security element as if you have left your car in a car-park, you know that it cannot be stolen at the hours as they will not get it past the bollard systems.
There are many benefits of installing automatic bollards to homes and properties across the UK. As experts we have supplied and installed numerous bollards and have found the benefits of the automated access. These features include:
This type of system is not just installed for car parks and commercial areas, many people choose to have automatic bollards for driveways installed.
The main reason for people having them at their homes is because of the security factor. It means that if someone broke into their home they would not be able to get a vehicle into the property and they would also not be able to steal one of their cars.
A lot of people who choose to have these installed at their property, also have an automatic gate installed in front of them, this is adding extra security.
We can also install xpass antiterrorism bollards which allows electric remote control in case of an emergency. We can provide chevron marking on the electric rising bollards if necessary. Chevrons are a great way to make the bollard more visible to road users.
Remember that you can find out even more about the services we can provide by using the contact form which is on our website. Have you read about out automatic gates http://www.automated-access.co.uk/gates/ Whenwe receive an enquiry and will respond with suitable information in regards to your response about automatic rising bollards.
We have a range of designs available for these systems, it just depends what you are wanting to achieve.
For public spaces, people normally ask to have a bright colour, such as yellow as it stands out but obviously for homes we are generally asked to provide a subtle colour which blends in with the environment or their current gate system they might have.
Our team will be able suggest what they think the best option for your facility and they could explain why and let you know any more details which you require.
Installing an automatic bollard is a simple process for our experienced professionals. As a team of experts we follow these simple steps to give you the best quality results:
If you are interested in find out more information regarding the installation process, get in touch with us today. We are happy to give you all the details required to get the results you're looking for.
If you are searching for car-park or automatic bollards for driveways, you might search for parking bollards suppliers near me, security-bollards or a local access control company and this is where we can help. We are able to provide out specialist services nationwide and we have a large amount of experience because of the amount of projects we have carried out.
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We are done with 7 days of Challenge, woo hoo. Am I glad or what.
Saturday with all that fasting-shasting I was pretty crappy and so was the husband. We were spiteful and had huge rows. Low carb/sugar was showing its effects.
"But I feel lighter", I said to myself, "Maybe I have lost inches(or feet) if not pounds. If I lose my marriage so what, at least I will be thin"
And then came along dear N and made me re-read the rules again. As always I had just skimmed through the rules. I have been doing this since time immemorial. The only times I read and re-read the rules was during TOEFL and that because I thought I wouldn't understand Amriki accent over my headphone
Ok so as it goes I have broken errrr worked around several rules of the challenge. I had potatoes, honey with my yogurt and did no exercise
No wonder the husband was gladly gliding along until the fasting started.
Let me quickly sum up the pros of this process before I crib
* You feel much better about yourself
* All that eating right makes you feel a whole lot better. You do feel light believe me and may even lose pounds if you are strictly adhering to the rules. Actually the husband did lose noticeable inches as claimed by him.
* Remember the guilt after wolfing down a pizza. Well now you don't have any, neither pizza nor guilt
* You learn a whole new lesson on self-restraint and "giving up". If you continue you might achieve moksha soon
Things that did not quiet work for me
* We spent a whole lot of time cooking and packing lunches during the weekday. I was packing 3 dabbas each !!! This was definitely not good for me as I prefer spending weekday evening with my kids rather than in the kitchen. Maybe we also went overboard with the idea, but next time I plan to keep it even simpler
* Don't know why but since so much after-work time was spent in the kitchen that I didn't feel like going to gym at all. That would have cut into my time with the girls but Exercise would have helped
* No eating out on Weekends were tough, I am not going to do weekends next time. Such nice weather and yet we couldn't grab anything and had to be back home for dinner
* This challenge saw both of us(D & me) together in the kitchen a lot and by that I mean A LOT. Now this might be a total incentive for honey-baby-lovey-dovey kind of couples(with no disrespect meant to anyone). But for me this is a hindrance. I have known the husband for a loooong time now and don't feel the need to bond over how to grill salmon just right.
The hubby is a good cook and definitely a help in the kitchen but when he is in there I would rather spend my time with the baby who needs me more. Once the kids are older and can be in the kitchen too maybe we all can have coochie-coo Kitchen time.
On the whole the Challenge was worth it and I am going to do it maybe every alternate week or so. Take it up and feel good.
On Saturday after the fast I didn't want to settle down for anything less but cheela -- a savory gram flour pancake and some hot spicy pepper shrimp. The very thought of it pepped me up until I broke the fast an hour early. Lovely light besan ka cheela with the hot shrimp did heal bruised egos and rumbling appetites to some extent. The Pepper Shrimp is frameworked on Cham's Pepper Mushroom recipe which I altered around a bit to suit my convenience and loved a whole lot
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Besan Ka Cheela or Gram Flour Pancakes
Makes enough for 2(5-6 cheelas)
In a wide mouthed deep bowl add 1 cup of besan(chickpea flour) and fluff with a fork to break lumps if any and aerate
Make a batter with the above Besan + about 1/4 cup of finely chopped red onions + 3 finely chopped green chilli + 1/2 tsp of Carrom Seeds/Ajwain + 1/2 tsp of Cumin Seeds + little Asafoetida/Hing + salt. Add a little more than 1 cup of water slowly to make the batter.
Heat a flat tawa or frying pan.
Grease it with little oil
Pour a ladleful of batter and spread it out to make a circle. This step is same as you would do for dosa or pancake. Add less than 1/2 tsp of oil in droplets along the edges
When your spatula slids under the edges easily, flip the cheela and cook the other side
Pepper Shrimp
Defrost about 10-12 frozen shrimp. I used frozen raw shrimp, substitute with whatever kind you like. Sprinkle some sea salt on them and let them rest for 15-20 minutes.
Heat oil in a Kadhai/Frying Pan. A little more oil boosts the flavors in this dish
Add 5-6 Kari Patta(Curry Leaves) to the hot oil
Add 1/3 cup of chopped red onions and fry
Once the onion turns pink and translucent add 1 tsp of garlic paste
Add 1 tsp of Pepper Powder and saute for half a minute
Add the shrimp
Add 1/4 tsp of Red Chilli powder and 1/4 tsp of Fennel Powder
Add salt and fry the shrimp. You need to sprinkle a little water to bring the spices together and fry
Once the shrimp is cooked you are done. Don't cook shrimp for too long, it might get rubbery.
* If you are not a shrimp eater replace shrimp with mushroom and do not add any water while cooking. Also cook till all the water released by mushroom dries up


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Monday, July 28, 2008
Nike's Human Race 10k - One Million iPod-Deafened Runners At Once
Nike is gearing up for The Human Race 10k on August 31st, where 1 million+ runners will don their iPods to race in 25+ locations around the world at the same time. The race is designed to highlight the Nike+ product line, which tracks and communicates your pace while you run, and allows you to upload it to compare your results to others. Strangers linked together through iPods yet running side by side...certainly an epitome of the information age!
Maybe it's just me, but isn't the theme of this race a tad too oxymoronic? Enter a race, tune into your own playlist while you run, then go back home and upload the results to compare how you ran to all those people you didn't talk to during the run. Isn't this missing the point of having a group event in the first place? Is it easier to upload and compare than just meeting people at the race? For a blog- and social network-dependent world, perhaps this is the most intimate the digerati can be.
I'm bummed that there isn't a Human Race nearby, for I would like to witness it. If anything just to see thousands of runners screaming "ON YOUR LEFT!" to no avail. The blissfully deaf iPod runners are a nightmare in most road races...imagine everyone having one going at full blast! There is definitely going to be some carnage.
I love my iPod (and Nike+), but just can't get my head around this event. Am I crazy?
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Good grief! To me that photo looks exactly like the army lined up on the battlefield from The Lord of the Rings
The image is even more striking on the Nike+ website: http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/humanrace/index.jsp
I can just imagine an equally massive opposing army on the RHS of that photo ready to slay the hordes of 26-27 year old runners. Go Orcs!!
Cheers, Paul
P.S. I am such a hypocrite since I really do like my iPod and I probably blog more than I talk these days :-)If they've got 1 million people running, I figure they don't need me. I'd much rather be running a small trail race somewhere else!
I initially liked my Nike+iPod because it was cheap and I always train with an iPod anyways and I don't want to spend the cash on a Garmin. I've been unable to calibrate it lately, and it would tell me I was either running 5:30 min/miles (I wish) or else 12:00 min/miles.
PhilYou know, it IS possible to run with one earbud in and one out and NOT be a hazard in a race. It is the best of both worlds. I think it is great that all of these people may get hooked on running because of this. I use a Garmin now, but I accredit the Nike+ with helping me commit to running a couple of years ago.
PaulI'm with you, sort of ridiculous, but if people have fun and no one gets hurts... I do wish I could get my Nano to work after water got into it through that USB(?) port during my drenching at Kettle Moraine in June, so I'm almost 2 months without it. I think I'm going to be webless again for a while, so early good luck at Waldo.
ReplyDeleteno, you're not crazy, this event is though. I get Nike wanting to push its devices, so I'm not surprised by that. I am interested to see how many people are just furious because they can't get around a slower runner who's ipod is cranked and they pay no attention to anything around them.
I'm all for technology and music players, but they have their place and a packed event where everyone is sporting headphones and trying to run a fast race is not it. Sure you can keep the volume low and one earbud in, but you think that's going to happen? I gotta have my trance music LOUD :)- Anonymous8/04/2008 02:11:00 AM
I use a Nike+ Sportsband (I like the quiet when I run) and have signed up to the virtual race, but I couldn't imagine being at one of the organised events. It is going to be insane and I can already see a few runners pulling their hair out in frustration when they bump into various others that have their hearing disabled by the blaring music.
ReplyDelete i dont really thing that you'll have to don your ipods for this event. it's just a race which features live music played along the way and to promote their nike+ which enables runners who didn't participate in that big run to "participate" by running on that day and sending their results up.
cheers! (:I almost signed up for this race. But $50.00 is simply a ridiculous fee, especially when considering:
- It's sponsored by one of the largest shoe companies in the world;
- Only $5 of that $50 goes to a charity of your choice (and there is no accounting trail that I know of - you don't get a tax receipt!);
- Food at the end of the race is not free (but "snack samples" are available - WTF?)
I've entered many 5 and 10K runs where the registration fee was half the price and the end race food was provided for free.
Can someone please explain to me what the $50.00 entry fee pays for?
I am by no means a tight wad.. in fact, had 60% of that fee gone to a charity, I would not hesitate to enter and pay the fee! I have no problem with an entry fee so long as I understand and accept how the money is distributed.
I can't help wonder how much Nike is benefiting from this huge advertising campaign.- Anonymous8/31/2008 04:42:00 PM
Just ran the Portland NIkeplus event! Awesome. 1000+ people all running and wearing the same shirt. Not a single one had earphones on.
ReplyDelete Hey Ross, some good points. I noticed you wrote that participation is/was $35.00 but in Vancouver it was an outrageous $50.00 to participate. People are saying that all of the money goes to charity (which would be great if it were true) but according to the Nike+ web page, only $5.00 will go to a charity of your choice.
I never received an answer from Nike about clarifying this.- Anonymous9/01/2008 08:29:00 AM
I ran in the Munich race & I only saw a few people with iPods & it was not overly crowded where you would have to announce that you are passing someone. I also never got the feel that this was a pro-iPod event. The Nike+ sports band works by itself, no iPod required. Also, I got the feel that anyone could participate, from anywhere in the world. You can run without an iPod & without the sports band. If you actually read their website it says that. I paid about 44 Euros, which about 23 Euros would have gone to the 3 band concert at the end of the race. (Non-runners bought the concert tickets for €23) However, I do think that only about €5 went to charity, but that left € 16 for Nike. What about the shirt, bag, chip, poster, armband (that I got as a participant) & all the extra sideshows that they had at the event? That all costs money for Nike to give away. That really doesn't leave much for Nike in the end. All in all, I agree, it is a big advertisement for Nike but, it was a lot of fun, especially the concert & we ran through a historic part of the city. It actually wasn't that much different than any other race I ran in, here in Munich, except the concert was extra special. It also inspired a friend of mine to quit smoking & take up running for the first time in her life, at age 30. The organization was great, but Munich is used to hosting such events in Olympic Park so, I don't think the organization was really done by Nike. In the end, I would totally do this again & even my friend is going to run in other races in and around Munich.
ReplyDelete I think people are being a bit hyper-critical here, there are plenty of other races to run in if you don't like Nike+ runners with iPod's. I ran in this race on a lonely bike trail in the woods...
Maybe we should give Nike+ a little credit for helping to get people off their couches, gotta admit, they've gone farther than Wii. Without Nike+ to help me run with a purpose, set goals for myself and track my progress, I'd be sedentary again.
It's pretty innovating that they've found a way to get the computer age physical again. My old man still marvels at the fact that I had to calibrate my shoes...Of course there's room for improvement, but we've gotta start somewhere.- Anonymous9/02/2008 07:48:00 AM
I ran in the nyc race and the course left a lot to be desired in a few spots (potholes, large rocks), and there was a very large bottleneck on the 2nd lap that caused even the elite runners to come to a stand still. There was also a 45 minute delay at the start due to the fact that many runners were stuck waiting for buses and ferries to take them to randalls island. Shame on you Nike & the MTA!!! This race should be moved back to central park where it belongs.
ReplyDelete - Anonymous9/02/2008 09:49:00 AM
I also ran in New York - it was an absolute debacle. Huge lines to get the transport to the venue, race started really late while the runners stood in the heat for half an hour listening to the boring Nike speeches and then massive bottle necks with the crowd in many places including a dangerous 5minute wait at a footbridge. Finally it seems the times posted are not calculated using the time you went over the start line and so if you started over 10 minutes later like me, it just got added to your time. I think Nike should make an extra donation to the charities to at least make up for the shocking organization!
ReplyDelete - Anonymous9/03/2008 03:24:00 AM
I really don't see the problem. I go running with two friends and we all wear ipods with our own music. The music is not too loud, so we can talk occasionally. The fact that you upload your run afterwards, doesn't mean you don't talk to the other runners. You can do both! (or do you have to be a woman to be able to run, listen to music and talk at the same time?)
ReplyDelete I also ran the NYC race and it was a scam. I have 3 major complaints that I think most people who ran this race can relate to. (1a) The delayed start. To be fair, my recollection was that the delay was 35 minutes (I started toward the front in the 7:00 pace area) but that is still unacceptable. For a 10K, experienced runners will ration their water and piss breaks up to the start. It isn't like a marathon or 50K where you carry water. So, I started the race with dry mouth and having to pee. I got there plenty early (walked across the Triborough bridge). Unfortunately not everybody is as responsible and on top of things. 9,500 runners shouldn't be punished because of 500 people who can't get their act together. (1b) I'm not convinced of the reasons cited for the delay. I wouldn't be surprised if Nike held it so they could take more areal photos... after all, this race clearly was not about the runner. It was about Nike+. (2) Having a bottleneck with about a quarter mile left. That was the worst part of all. My goal was a 7:30 pace and I was just barely on top of that when I started feeling my kick coming on... only to run into a wall of people trying to squeeze through a pedestrian bridge no wider than 2x a man's wingspan. I was furious. I wanted to jump off that bridge and make it a biathlon. I am so furious about that I can't even write more about it. (3) The website is not even providing the most BASIC of race statistics that even EVERY race, regardless of scale or budget, provides. Telling me I placed 597th is absolutely WORTHLESS without telling me how many finishers there were. They expect me to believe there were EXACTLY 10,000 runners? Really? I have run several North Face endurance challenge races (50K event) and at least North Face, even if they are a corporation, takes care of the runners and is genuinely concerned about the runner's experience. I'm never running a Nike event again or buying a Nike product. This race was a waste of time and money. But... now we will watch the TV commercials and magazine ads touting this as a huge success- all of us ignorantly wearing our red Nike+ shirts with smiling faces.
ReplyDeleteI think it is great. The price range, availability and online community is a great means of motivation for many out there that are either new to running (myself included) or fit more in the recreational runner category.
With that said I always run with my Nike+ and ipod but unless I'm on a treadmill or a track the earphones stay at home. I can't stand running roads or trails with headphones but capturing my workouts is sure nice.
Yes the website and tool are less than ideal but it has been helpful for me and many others.- Anonymous9/03/2008 03:37:00 PM
I participated to the Munich one and it was really a great event. Nobody bumped on another as there was enough space. And it was incredibly well organized. I don't speak a word of German but I still found myself perfectly equipped on the startline without any problem. What bothers you? Nike is making profits? People using iPod?
Why in the hell everybody is so negative. I ran the London one. It rocked. I am not a Nike fan but hats off to them. I thought it was an fantastic event: running with 30,000 fellow Londoners in our red t-shirts; the buzz on the tube there; and on the way back all in our white t-shirts; being on a player on the pitch at Wembley Stadium.
I thought the whole point was the taking part.
Maybe it's a US thing, seems us Europeans had a great time. Thank you Nike and don't let the moaners put you doing other events
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WASHINGTON– The United States Helsinki Commission will hold a briefing on Serbia's cooperation with the international community in prosecuting war crimes and the prospects for human rights and democratic development in Serbia since the lifting of a state of emergency imposed after the March assassination of reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
Democracy, Human Rights and Justice in Serbia Today
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Ivan Vujacic, Ambassador of Serbia and Montenegro to the United States
Nina Bang-Jensen, Executive Director and General Counsel, Coalition for International Justice
Elizabeth Anderson, Executive Director, Europe and Central Asia Division, Human Rights Watch
The briefing will examine the human rights situation in Serbia today, the prospects for democratic development and the degree of cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), located in The Hague, Netherlands. This cooperation is key to a June 15 deadline for a U.S. Government certification necessary for bilateral assistance to Serbia to continue. Improved cooperation with The Hague is also a prerequisite for the union of Serbia and Montenegro to participate in NATO's Partnership for Peace.
The electoral ouster of Slobodan Milosevic and his regime in late 2000 ushered in a long-awaited period of reform, recovery and reconciliation in Serbia after a decade of conflict with neighbors, isolation from the rest of Europe and repression at home. Progress, however, has been stalled by vestiges of nationalism in Serbian politics and the entrenchment of organized crime in the economy.
The tragic March 12 assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, an advocate of reform, revealed the severity of the problem and the linkages between those involved in war crimes in the 1990s and criminal activity today. A subsequent state of emergency, which was lifted on April 22, marked the beginning of a more concerted effort to defeat criminal elements in Serbian society and work with the international community to that end, including improved ICTY cooperation. This task, however, remains daunting, and several persons indicted by the Tribunal are known or believed to remain at large in Serbia.


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The leader of an influential Justice Department office that offers legal advice on surveillance, drones and other issues at the center of security and executive power quietly left government before Christmas.
Virginia Seitz, who won Senate confirmation after an earlier candidate under president Obama foundered, resigned from federal service after 2 1/2 years on the job. The timing is unusual because her unit plays a critical role in drawing the legal boundaries of executive branch action — at a time when President Obama says he will do more to bypass a divided Congress and do more governing by way of executive order.
Seitz is a onetime Rhodes scholar and clerk to the late Supreme Court Justice William Brennan. She declined to be interviewed about her decision. But friends and former colleagues who spoke with NPR cited the grueling pace of the job and the untimely death last year of a close friend. They add she was well-liked and left of her own accord even after department leaders tried to persuade her to remain.
"Ms. Seitz served for 2 1/2 years in one of the most demanding jobs at the department and was deeply admired throughout the building. Her reasons for leaving were entirely personal, and we respected that," said Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon.
Two other sources suggested that aside from the tough work, another issue weighed heavily on her mind over the past several months: the question of whether and when the U.S. can target its own citizens overseas with a weaponized drone or missile attack. American officials are considering such a strike against at least one citizen linked to al-Qaida, the sources said.
A law enforcement source told NPR the controversy over the use of drones against Americans in foreign lands did not play a major role in Seitz's decision to leave government, since the Office of Legal Counsel is continuing to do legal analysis of the issue and there was no firm conclusion to which she may have objected or disagreed.
Her predecessors at OLC did sign off on the policy earlier in the Obama administration, in a memo that remains secret. Last year, Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged that the U.S. had killed radical American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki that way in Yemen in 2011. Three other U.S. citizens including Awlaki's 16-year-old son were not specifically targeted but instead died as "collateral damage" in drone strikes.
Veterans of the Office of Legal Counsel, when notified of Seitz's departure by NPR last week, expressed surprise at the quiet way her exit was handled. The Justice Department website says only that the office is being led by a deputy, Caroline Krass, who herself is awaiting confirmation to be top lawyer at the CIA.
For years, the Justice Department office played a central, if little acknowledged, role in legal policy. But during the Bush administration, multiple controversies emerged. Harvard law professor and former Justice OLC attorney Jack Goldsmith wrote a book that in part detailed his struggles to bring electronic surveillance programs (known publicly at the time as warrantless wiretapping) in line with the law. And lawyers in that office during the Bush years who signed off on harsh detainee interrogation techniques such as sleep deprivation and waterboarding faced protests and calls for disbarment from legal practice.
By contrast, Seitz mostly stayed outside the headlines during her tenure. The biggest source of criticism came early, when Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley blasted her OLC opinion paving the way for controversial White House recess appointments — the practice of installing nominees when the Senate is on break — as "unconvincing" and "at odds with the text of the Constitution and the administration's own previous statements."
The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering that issue.
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Apple introduced its newest iPhone today, and it's thinner and larger than the last. The company also introduced a new line of iPods. NPR's Laura Sydell has more.
LAURA SYDELL, BYLINE: The new iPhone has a four-inch screen, and it's about 20 percent lighter. Apple CEO Tim Cook engaged in typical Apple boosting as he spoke about the iPhone 5.
TIM COOK: The thinnest, lightest and best iPhone we have ever shipped.
SYDELL: The new iPhones will range from $199 up to 399 with a two-year contract. But Apple has also reduced the price of the iPhone 4 and 4S. With a contract, Verizon and Sprint users will now be able to get a 4 for free. Forrester analyst Charles Golvin believes this is likely to get a lot more people on iPhone.
CHARLES GOLVIN: And there are a lot of people who are loyal to those carriers who haven't been able to afford an iPhone and now they're going to be able to get one for nothing.
SYDELL: Though the iPhone 5 is the thinnest yet from Apple, it's still not as thin as competitor Droid phones. Apple also released a new operating system for the phone. Jeff Wender, an analyst from Nielsen, also points out this includes software that will make it easier to shop.
JEFF WENDER: With passbook and some of these new software features, more and more people will integrate it in their lives not just for music, not just for using as a phone but really and truly using it for every part of their day-to-day life.
SYDELL: Apple is also releasing a new line of iPod Touch and Nano. Both will have bigger screens, and the iPod touch now has a movie camera and can be used to edit. Laura Sydell, NPR News, San Francisco. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.