2003 and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003.
The adoption of SFAS 149 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In May 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.150 (“SFAS 150”), “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity.
” SFAS 150 requires that certain financial instruments, which under previous guidance were accounted for as equity, must now be accounted for as liabilities.
The financial instruments affected include mandatory redeemable stock, certain financial instruments that require or may require the issuer to buy back some of its shares in exchange for cash or other assets and certain obligations that can be settled with shares of stock.
SFAS 150 is effective for all financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003.
The adoption of SFAS 150 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Note 2.
Acquisitions On May 19, 2003, we purchased the technology assets of Syntrillium, a privately held company, for $16.5 million cash.
Syntrillium developed, published and marketed digital audio tools including its recording application, Cool Edit Pro (renamed Adobe Audition), all of which have been added to our existing line of professional digital imaging and video products.
By adding Adobe Audition and the other tools to our existing line of products, we have improved the Adobe video workflow and expanded the products and tools available to videographers, DVD authors and independent filmmakers.
In connection with the purchase, we allocated $13.7 million to goodwill, $2.7 million to purchased technology and $0.1 million to tangible assets.
We also accrued $0.1 million in acquisition-related legal and accounting fees.
Goodwill has been allocated to our Digital Imaging and Video segment.
Purchased technology is being amortized to cost of product revenue over its estimated useful life of three years.
The consolidated financial statements include the operating results of the purchased technology assets from the date of purchase.
Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the effect of this acquisition was not material.
In April 2002, we acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Accelio.
Accelio was a provider of Web-enabled solutions that helped customers manage business processes driven by electronic forms.
The acquisition of Accelio broadened our ePaper solution business.
At the date of acquisition, the aggregate purchase price was $70.2 million, which included the issuance of 1.8 million shares of common stock of Adobe, valued at $68.4 million, and cash of $1.8 million.
The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation:
## Table 0 ##
We allocated $2.7 million to purchased technology and $0.4 million to in-process research and development.
The amount allocated to purchased technology represented the fair market value of the technology for each of the existing products, as of the date of the acquisition.
The purchased technology was assigned a useful life of three years and is being amortized to cost of product revenue.
The amount allocated to in-process research and development was expensed at the time of acquisition due to the state of the development of certain products and the uncertainty of the technology.
The remaining purchase price was allocated to goodwill and was assigned to our ePaper segment (which was renamed Intelligent Documents beginning in fiscal 2004).
In accordance with SFAS No.142,
Employee-related costs including salaries and wages, group insurance, and pension expense increased $2.9 million, or 0.6%, for 2011 compared to 2010.
These employee-related costs represented 44.8% and 44.5% of operation and maintenance expenses for 2011 and 2010, respectively, and include the categories shown in the following table:
## Table 1 ##
The overall increase in employee-related costs was primarily driven by increased pension expense.
The increase in pension expense for the year ended December 31, 2011 was primarily due to increased contributions in certain of our regulated operating companies whose costs and revenue requirements are based on the actual cash contributions to our pension trust account.
This increase was partially offset by lower salaries and wages and group insurance expenses.
The decrease in salaries and wages for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the same period in the prior year was driven by vacant positions and lower severance expenses, partially offset by increased incentive costs and annual wage increases.
Group insurance decreased mainly due to lower postretirement benefits other than pension as the result of changes to the design of our medical plan, and vacant positions as compared to the same period in the prior year.
Operating supplies and services include expenses for office operation, legal and other professional services, including transportation expenses, information systems rental charges and other office equipment rental charges.
Overall, these costs increased $6.2 million, or 3.4% for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.
## Table 2 ##
The above increases are primarily due to higher contracted services of $6.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, mainly as a result of backfilling positions, including those left open by employees transferring to our business transformation project as well as the use of contractors for other specific projects.
Additionally, 2011 included the recording of an anticipated recovery of expenses related to costs incurred as a result of severe weather storms, primarily Hurricane Irene, which have been recorded in their respective expense lines.
Also contributing to the increase was the fact that the same period in 2010 included a reversal of a $3.5 million payment previously made by our California operating company to the California Department of Fish and Game (“CDFG”) on behalf of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”).
This reversal was the result of an advice letter issued by the California Public Utility Commission which allowed for rate recovery of such payment.
The following long-term debt was retired through optional redemption or payment at maturity during 2010:
## Table 3 ##
From time to time and as market conditions warrant, we may engage in long-term debt retirements via tender offers, open market repurchases or other viable alternatives to strengthen our balance sheets.
Credit Facility and Short-Term Debt The components of short-term debt were as follows:

<table><tr><td>Cash and cash equivalents</td><td>$9,117</td></tr><tr><td>Accounts receivable, net</td><td>11,906</td></tr><tr><td>Other current assets</td><td>4,735</td></tr><tr><td>Purchased technology</td><td>2,710</td></tr><tr><td>Goodwill</td><td>77,009</td></tr><tr><td>In-process research and development</td><td>410</td></tr><tr><td>Trademarks and other intangible assets</td><td>1,029</td></tr><tr><td>Total assets acquired</td><td>106,916</td></tr><tr><td>Current liabilities</td><td>-18,176</td></tr><tr><td>Liabilities recognized in connection with the business combination</td><td>-16,196</td></tr><tr><td>Deferred revenue</td><td>-2,360</td></tr><tr><td>Total liabilities assumed</td><td>-36,732</td></tr><tr><td>Net assets acquired</td><td>$70,184</td></tr></table>
<table><tr><td></td><td colspan="4">For the Years Ended December 31,</td></tr><tr><td></td><td> 2011</td><td> 2010</td><td>Increase (Decrease)</td><td>Percentage</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="4">(in thousands)</td></tr><tr><td>Salaries and wages</td><td>$327,777</td><td>$331,913</td><td>$-4,136</td><td>-1.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Pensions</td><td>68,885</td><td>58,134</td><td>10,751</td><td>18.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Group insurance</td><td>75,120</td><td>79,958</td><td>-4,838</td><td>-6.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Other benefits</td><td>18,054</td><td>16,964</td><td>1,090</td><td>6.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>$489,836</td><td>$486,969</td><td>$2,867</td><td>0.6%</td></tr></table>
<table><tr><td></td><td colspan="4">For the Years Ended December 31,</td></tr><tr><td></td><td> 2011</td><td> 2010</td><td>Increase (Decrease)</td><td>Percentage</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="4">(in thousands)</td></tr><tr><td>Contracted services</td><td>$72,851</td><td>$66,077</td><td>$6,774</td><td>10.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Office supplies and services</td><td>46,783</td><td>48,224</td><td>-1,441</td><td>-3.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Transportation</td><td>24,915</td><td>24,662</td><td>253</td><td>1.0%</td></tr><tr><td>Rents</td><td>15,619</td><td>15,746</td><td>-127</td><td>-0.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Other</td><td>27,047</td><td>26,344</td><td>703</td><td>2.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>$187,215</td><td>$181,053</td><td>$6,162</td><td>3.4%</td></tr></table>
<table><tr><td> Company</td><td> Type</td><td> Interest Rate</td><td> Maturity</td><td> Amount  (in thousands)</td></tr><tr><td>American Water Capital Corp.</td><td>Senior notes-fixed rate</td><td>6.00%-6.87%</td><td>2011-2039</td><td>$28,157</td></tr><tr><td>Other subsidiaries</td><td>Private activity-fixed rate and government funded debt</td><td>0.00%-6.88%</td><td>2010-2036</td><td>233,476</td></tr><tr><td>Other subsidiaries</td><td>Mortgage bonds-fixed rate</td><td>7.86%-8.98%</td><td>2010-2011</td><td>10,275</td></tr><tr><td>Other subsidiaries</td><td>Mandatory redeemable preferred stock</td><td>4.60%-6.00%</td><td>2013-2019</td><td>218</td></tr><tr><td>Other</td><td>Capital leases and other</td><td></td><td></td><td>792</td></tr><tr><td>Total retirements & redemptions</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>$272,918</td></tr></table>

Question: What is the growing rate of Pensions in the years with the least Group insurance?