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.
As part of the bills, truancy would be defined as missing 10 unexcused days in a school year, while chronic absenteeism would be defined as missing 10% of the number of days scheduled for the school year, excused or unexcused. School districts would have to report data on both.