In civilian telecommunications, outside plant refers to all of the physical cabling and supporting infrastructure (such as conduit, cabinets, tower or poles), and any associated hardware (such as repeaters) located between a demarcation point in a switching facility and a demarcation point in another switching center or customer premises.
Summary: A Hezbollah suspect allegedly involved in the attempted assassination of MP Boutros Harb last year failed once again to appear in court Friday and faces the possibility of a trial in absentia.
In a high school, where chronic absenteeism is higher, there are 61 schools where 250 or more students are missing a month or more of school. 4 The six states reported chronic absentee rates from 6 percent to 23 percent, with high poverty urban areas reporting up to one-third of students chronically absent. Chronic absenteeism is often defined as missing 10 percent or more of school days. In practical terms this translates into 18 days a year. Several states define chronic absenteeism as missing more than 20 days, or a month, of school.