INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Make sure the edges are lined up and pinned before you begin stitching. You are making a mini-version of the main blanket, only without the batting.  One side of the rectangle should still be open so you can flip the fabric right-side out. Snip off the corners with scissors. This gives your pocket nice, sharp edges. Again, reach into the opening and use a pencil to push out the corners.  Press the fabric with a warm iron, locking the stitches and smoothing out any wrinkles. Fold the open side of the rectangle so its is even with the edge of the rest of the pillow pocket. Use the iron to crease the fold and pin the opening closed. You will be sewing these edges later, when you attach them to the large blanket.

SUMMARY: Fold the 1⁄2 yard (0.5 m) fabric in half, right sides facing each other, and stitch the long edges of the rectangle together with a 1⁄2 inch (1.3 cm) seam. Turn the blanket right-side out through the open side of the pillow pocket. Sew a 1/4 inch seam to close the open edge only; do not stitch the way around the pocket.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: As you do this trick, ask the audience to copy your hand motions. Do each step slowly, and explain to the audience what you're doing. You'll actually be doing one extra step you aren't telling them about. The audience will end up with tangled hands and arms, while you will be showing them two thumbs up. Hold your arms out in front of you, and point both thumbs downward. Remember, tell your audience to do the same thing you do. Wait until everyone has made this hand motion before you keep going. Move one arm over the other, still with both thumbs pointed downward. Clasp the fingers on your left hand and right hand together. Your wrists – and the wrists of your audience members — are now twisted around each other, with your fingers interlocking. As your audience figures out how to copy you, keep talking to them to distract them from what you're doing. Say, "not like that, cross your arms like me. Remember, your thumbs are pointing downward and you're holding your hands together. There! Look at her, she's doing it right." Keep your arms crossed over each other, but let go of your hands so you can point at the audience member you're talking about. Quickly, while the audience is still looking where you pointed, turn over the hand you pointed with. Flip that hand over completely, so your palms are touching again, then grasp your hands together. This will look similar to the position your audience members are in, but it is much less twisted.  If you're trying to practice this and don't understand it, stop and put both hands in front of you with the thumbs facing up. Clasp your hands together, then turn them so the thumbs are pointing down. This is the position you want to end up in after this step. Keep talking and looking at your audience while you do this, not at your hands. Tell your audience to copy you, so everyone will give each other thumbs up. Move your hands up toward your chest, turning your hands so your thumbs are facing up. The audience will try to copy you, but because they're in a different position, they'll end up with their hands twisted, their arms still crossed, or other tangled gestures. Tell them they must be doing it wrong, and repeat the trick from the beginning. You can usually do this several times, while the audience laughs and wonders why they can't get it right. Use different distraction methods each time, so the audience doesn't get suspicious:  Pull your hands apart to hold an audience member's hands, and guide them in the "right" position. Clasp your hands together again in the fake position only you know. Wave your hands around while clasped, shout "Abracadabra" or other "magic words," then spin around while changing the position of your hand.

SUMMARY: Ask the audience to follow along with you. Point your thumbs down in front of you. Cross your arms and clasp your hands together. Let go with one hand to point at someone. Rotate one arm and clasp your hands again. Rotate your hands. Pretend to get irritated and repeat.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Confidentiality agreements typically limit the ways the receiving party can use the confidential information provided, as well as provide the standard for keeping and protecting confidential information.  For example, if you're looking for investor evaluations of something you've invented, your confidentiality agreement may specify that the information can only be used for the purposes of evaluating the product and not in the evaluator's own business. If you're having an employee or contractor sign a confidentiality agreement, you would probably want to limit your employee's use of information to the performance of job duties directly related to the employment. Many confidentiality agreements recite that receivers must keep the information disclosed to them in the same way they would keep their own confidential information. However, this statement only works if the receiving party has a known policy for handling confidential information. Generally, confidentiality standards include limiting access to the information and taking basic precautions to keep the information secure so it doesn't easily fall into outside hands. Such precautions might include, for example, using encryption for emails discussing the confidential information. If your confidentiality agreement relates to software designs, inventions or technology, it should include a statement that the receiver of the information has no license, expressed or implied, in the information by virtue of its disclosure.   Most state laws hold that, at a minimum, the receiver has the duty not to breach confidentiality or induce others to breach it. Your agreement should specify two time periods: the period during which disclosure will be made, and the time period thereafter during which the information should be kept confidential.  American confidentiality agreements typically last for a period of five years, although some may only last two or three years.  The end point doesn't have to be a specific date, but there should be a specific date used as a starting point. Otherwise it's unclear when the agreement will take effect and for how long it will be enforceable. If your agreement specifies a confidentiality period of two years, for example, but fails to establish when that two year period starts, the receiver of the information can argue that she didn't believe the agreement had gone into effect yet.  Another way to set a specific starting date is to have the confidentiality period start from the date the agreement is signed. If you use this method, make sure you don't disclose any secrets until you have the signature and the agreement is in force. The confidentiality time period also may end when a certain event happens. For example, if you're seeking evaluation of a new product, the confidentiality period may end when you market and distribute that product in stores. Some confidentiality agreements include stiff financial penalties if secret information is revealed to the general public. Others leave the consequences up to a judge or arbitrator to decide.  You can sue for an injunction -- a court order to stop the person who breached confidentiality from continuing to share the information in violation of the agreement.  You also have the ability to sue for damages incurred as a result of the breach of confidentiality, which may include penalties. For example, in some states you may have the ability to get double or triple damages if the breach was intentional rather than accidental. How detailed you want to get with penalties generally relates to how unique the information being disclosed is, and how damaging it would be if it got out. The more difficult something is to value, the more likely there is to be a clause listing a specific dollar amount in damages for breach. If both parties agree the information is worth this amount, the issue isn't left up to the discretion of a judge. Sometimes called “boilerplate,” all agreements contain various clauses that don't fit in any other section, such as which state's law will apply and whether attorneys' fees will be available to an injured party if they agreement is breached. Both parties must sign the agreement before it can be considered valid.

SUMMARY:
Establish the duties and obligations of the party receiving the confidential information. Specify the time period during which the agreement will be valid and enforceable. Set forth legal ramifications or penalties for breach of the agreement. Add any necessary miscellaneous provisions. Provide space for all parties to sign the agreement.