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.
What is an Excused Absence? An excused absence is the scheduled or unscheduled time off from work that occurs when an employee is not present at work during a normally scheduled work period. An excused absence is further defined as: Scheduled in advance with the employee's manager or supervisor, such as a vacation.