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.
Eryn Rowan Laurie says that Straif is the few of spiritual work, secrets, shapeshifting, divination and change[iv]. The blackthorn is a tree -or thorn bush- of the Sidhe. Straif is connected to the Leanan-Sidhe and by association to the goddess Aine and the Ban-Sidhe. It is considered sacred to the fairies and was believed to be very unlucky to cut or harm the tree at certain times of the year, most especially May 11 th and November 11 th.