While these disputes and a desire for further evaluation of AWS programs prevented permanent authorization. of the 1978 law, Congress agreed to amend the law and allow another three-year experiment.18 The Federal. Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1982 allowed agencies to review and terminate.
About this species. Blackthorn is a shrub belonging to the same genus (Prunus) as almond, cherry and plum trees. The specific epithet spinosa refers to the sharp spines or thorns that are characteristic of this plant.
An underripe plum is hard, tart, and lacking in the juicy sweetness we associate with plums. Use your eyes: Color will not tell you if a plum is ripe in all varieties. My plum tree is a purple variety, and the plums are the exact same color when they are ripe as they were when they first began to grow.