Who counts as a parent entitled to take time off work to care for or bond with a child under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? According to a new interpretation by the Department of Labor (DOL), anyone who intends to assume the role of parent to that child by providing day-to-day care or financial support.
A scepter is a ceremonial device which denotes an office of high power, and it is particularly associated with royalty. In British English, it is spelled sceptre. Scepters are often heavily ornamented to make them more imposing to look at, and they are usually held or carried during ceremonial events or for portraits.
The Rom. soldiers had the royal scepter in mind when they mockingly placed a reed in the hand of Jesus to represent it . Several passages in Esther illustrate a special use made of the scepter by the Pers. kings (Esth 4:11; 5:2; 8:4). Ahasuerusâ scepter is described as golden, meaning either that it was of solid gold or that it was gold-studded, like the scepters of the Homeric kings. Representations of Eastern kings show them holding two different kinds of scepter. One is long, slender, and ornamented; the other, shorter and mace-like. The former is seen on a limestone relief of Darius, who appears holding his scepter near the top, while the lower part of it rests on the ground. The latter type appears on a relief of Esar-haddon.