Family & Medical Leave. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. It also requires that their group health benefits be maintained during the leave.
A Ship of War, Cyclopaedia 1728, Vol 2. The Age of Sail (usually dated as 1571â1862) was a period roughly corresponding to the early modern period in which international trade and naval warfare were dominated by sailing ships, lasting from the 16th to the mid-19th century.
Square-rigged ships have an advantage when using the trade winds, which blow in circular patterns across the earthâs surface and can power a sailing ship across vast expanses of ocean. Fore-and-aft rigged ships can generally sail at an angle closer to the wind and were often used for coastal trade. These are not hard and fast rules, and many hybrids, like the Baltimore clipper (a square topsail schooner), were built to take advantage of both types of sails. (Information above courtesy ofOpSail 2012 Virginia.)