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The General Services Administration has temporarily banned telecommunications provider MCI from taking new federal contracts, while it considers whether to debar the company. If GSA debars MCI, the firm could be blocked from taking new federal business for up to three years.
MCI, formerly WorldCom, has 30 days to respond to the proposed debarment, then GSA will decide whether to impose the action. If MCI can convince GSA officials that the company is on the verge of solving the problems, it could be spared.
MCI's chief executive officer, Michael Capellas, pledged that the company will carry on with its support for its existing contracts. "We will continue to keep all our resources in place. We will continue product development," he said last week in a conference call for reporters. "We are going to work as aggressively and diligently as we can to resolve the issues."
If MCI is debarred, most of its federal customers will have to choose another provider when their existing contract expires. That could be disruptive, said David Drabkin, GSA's deputy associate administrator for acquisition policy. In certain cases, if the head of an agency determines that MCI is providing something unique or critical enough to justify staying with the company despite the debarment, the agency can do so.
Agencies are considering their options. "The Army has a number of commercial information conduits besides MCI and so we do not expect to see any interruption in our ability to provide global and pervasive information for the joint decision-maker," said Lt. Gen. Steven Boutelle, Army chief information officer. The communications giant has about 30 percent of the Defense Department's existing communications business, said a DOD spokesman, but may not have a chance of receiving large contracts that are on the horizon. The department is set to issue its request for proposals this month for companies to build and manage the telecom infrastructure in Iraq for two years.
GSA officials believe MCI has not adequately dealt with the internal ethical lapses and control weaknesses that allowed the company to overstate its profits in a scandal revealed last year. WorldCom later filed for bankruptcy and is hoping to emerge from it this fall.
Recently, competitors aimed new charges at MCI. The company, competitors claim, has been ducking fees owed to competitors for long-distance calls by concealing their origin and routing.
MCI hired a Washington, D.C., law firm to investigate those charges. The firm did not affect GSA's decision, Drabkin said. However, Joseph Neurauter, a GSA suspension and debarment official, is aware of the allegations and may consider information about them when making the final determination.
Competitors have been eyeing MCI as it comes closer to emerging from bankruptcy with much of its debt stripped away, said consultant Frank Dzubeck, president of Communications Network Architects Inc. If MCI does emerge from bankruptcy, it will have a strong advantage over the competition, he said.
"MCI being allowed to basically wipe out its debts is in a different position than AT&T or Verizon. MCI can come and bid 50 percent less than anybody else," he said.
MCI critics who have been calling for its debarment expressed appreciation for GSA's proposal.
"The GSA has made the right decision in taking decisive action to protect the American taxpayers from doing business with a company that has demonstrated a flagrant lack of ethics," wrote Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in a statement.
Dan Caterinicchia and Matthew French contributed to this report.
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One large chunk of business at risk for MCI is the FTS 2001 contract. The contract does not expire until 2006, but MCI may not be eligible in January 2004, when the next option year kicks.
* All told, 195 total agencies/departments have signed contracts through FTS 2001, 82 of which have chosen MCI.
* MCI earned $332 million in fiscal 2002 through its FTS 2001 contracts.
* The company has earned $273 million in fiscal 2003 (as of June) through FTS 2001.
MCI's FTS 2001 customers include:
* Transportation Department, $160 million
* Agriculture Department, $150 million
* Commerce Department, $100 million
Sources: MCI and the General Services Administration
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Feb 05, 2013 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- Mellanox Technologies Ltd (Nasdaq:MLNX) (TASE: MLNX), a supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage, announced on Monday the promotion of Amir Prescher to senior vice president of business development.
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The invention relates to a device for monitoring the oxygen concentration in an aircraft tank. The device includes an absorption measuring section equipped with a laser or laser diode (6), a photodiode (7), a temperature sensor (8) and a reflector (5) for carrying out laser spectroscopy on a gas volume to be measured inside the tank. The conducting components of the device are positioned outside the tank and its reflector (5) is positioned in the tank in the gas volume to be measured, the components and reflector being optically coupled by a window (3) that is situated in the tank wall (2). The absorption measuring section is mainly located in the chamber containing the gas to be measured.
1. A device for monitoring the oxygen concentration in an aircraft tank, having an absorption measurement section with laser or laser diode (6) and photodiode (7) for laser spectroscopy on a gas volume to be measured inside the tank, wherein the current-carrying components of said device are positioned outside the tank chamber and the absorption section of said device is positioned in the gas volume to be measured essentially inside the tank chamber, in particular in the area of the tank in which a volume of gas builds up at an early stage, and are optically coupled to one another via at least one window (3) located in the tank wall (2).
2. The device as claimed in
wherein the laser or laser diode (6) and photodiode (7) are positioned jointly at one end of the absorption measurement section and measurement beams are reflected at the opposite end by means of a reflector (5).
3. The device as claimed in
wherein a temperature sensor (8) is present in the area of the laser or the laser diode (6) for the purpose of stabilizing the temperature of the laser or the laser diode (6).
4. The device as claimed in
wherein absorption lines for laser spectroscopy for detecting oxygen are selected in the wavelength range between 758 and 766 nm.
5. The device as claimed in
wherein the reflector (5) is embodied as a retroreflector or as a diffusely reflecting surface, with a collecting optical system being present directly in front of the photodetector (7).
6. The device as claimed in
wherein the reflector (5) is embodied as a concave mirror.
7. The device as claimed in
wherein the absorption measurement section for laser spectroscopy is positioned in the upper area of an aircraft tank (1).
8. The device as claimed in
wherein the absorption measurement section for laser spectroscopy is positioned and fixed in a vertical feed-through opening in the tank wall (2).
9. The device as claimed in
wherein the absorption measurement section for laser spectroscopy is screwed into a tapped hole in the tank wall (2).
10. The device as claimed in
wherein in order to represent the absorption measurement section the tank wall (2) has a bulge or a lead connection separated from the essential tank volume by a choke point, with the absorption measurement section being represented at the end of the bulge or lead facing away from the tank in a measurement gas volume that is connected to the tank volume.
11. The device as claimed in
wherein a reference path is present outside the tank (1) in order to represent a reference cell containing oxygen after the splitting of a measurement beam.
12. A method for detecting oxygen in a gas volume to be measured in aircraft tanks (1) using laser spectroscopy,
wherein both the presence of oxygen and its concentration are measured.
13. The method as claimed in
wherein ignition thresholds of ignitable mixtures are monitored based on the detection of the concentration of oxygen.
14. The method as claimed in
wherein in the event that a selected partial area of the oxygen spectrum is compared with the spectrum of a current measurement, a self-adjustment is performed with regard to the line in the oxygen spectrum.
15. The device as claimed in
wherein a temperature sensor (8) is present in the area of the laser or the laser diode (6) for the purpose of stabilizing the temperature of the laser or the laser diode (6).
16. The device as claimed in
wherein the reflector (5) is embodied as a retroreflector or as a diffusely reflecting surface, with a collecting optical system being present directly in front of the photodetector (7).
17. The device as claimed in
wherein the reflector (5) is embodied as a retroreflector or as a diffusely reflecting surface, with a collecting optical system being present directly in front of the photodetector (7).
18. The method as claimed in
wherein in the event that a selected partial area of the oxygen spectrum is compared with the spectrum of a current measurement, a self-adjustment is performed with regard to the line in the oxygen spectrum.
19. The method as claimed in
wherein in the event that a selected partial area of the oxygen spectrum is compared with the spectrum of a current measurement, a self-adjustment is performed with regard to the line in the oxygen spectrum.
The invention relates to a device and a method for detecting and monitoring the oxygen concentration in an aircraft tank using laser spectroscopy for which an absorption measuring section is implemented in a gas volume to be measured inside the tank. With the known laser spectroscopy method, ignition thresholds of gas mixtures in the aircraft tank are monitored, the target gas of the measurement being oxygen.
In the aviation sector in recent decades a number of aircraft crashes are known which, according to the latest findings, were caused by explosions in aircraft tanks. A particularly stark incident was an aircraft crash in which an explosion occurred shortly after takeoff in New York in July 1996. On that occasion a fuel tank exploded and led to the crash of the aircraft. The exact cause for the igniting of the explosion could not be determined in detail. Following this incident, however, the discussion on how to prevent such incidents intensified considerably. The American Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) initiated a program in which various approaches to assure reliable operation of aircraft tanks are examined. One possibility consists in preventing the formation of an ignitable air/fuel mixture in the tank by lowering the oxygen component. This is described for example in literature reference [1], where there is also carried on board an aircraft a system which generates the nitrogen-enriched air. The tanks are filled with this air until the oxygen concentration falls below the lower ignition threshold. Depending on operating conditions, this threshold lies between 11.5 and 12% oxygen by volume. Literature reference [2] is relevant in this regard. In order to check the effectiveness of this measure the oxygen concentration in the tanks must be continuously monitored. The difficulty in performing the measurement lies in the fact that in larger aircraft there are a number of tanks and each of these is subdivided in order to prevent an uncontrolled flow of fuel. This results in a large number of individual gas-filled cavities which make it difficult to achieve homogeneous flushing with inert gas. This leads to the necessity of measuring the oxygen content at a plurality of points.
Systems for inerting an aircraft tank with nitrogen-enriched air have not been used routinely in the past. In experiments with aircraft tanks a central oxygen monitor has been used to which the air to be investigated is supplied from the individual tanks via a piping system. In this arrangement the individual measurement points are cyclically polled in succession. On this point, see literature reference [3]. With this system, conveying the gas to be measured requires a considerable technical outlay. Since an additional power system for potentially explosive gas mixtures is required, this constitutes an additional danger source.
There are numerous methods for measuring the oxygen concentration. The most well-known methods are associated with an electrochemical cell, pump probes with solid electrolytes (lambda probe), methods which exploit the paramagnetism of oxygen as a measurement effect, fluorescence quenching or optical absorption spectroscopy.
Most of these methods are little suited to use in or on the aircraft tank, since heavy demands are imposed here on an appropriate sensor. A sensor in this environment should, for example, have a life expectancy of well over 10 years.
Furthermore a calibration of the concentration having long-term stability is necessary. The method must be able to check itself in order to preclude erroneous measurements. The operating temperature should lie in the range from −55� C. to +85� C. The sensor must withstand fluctuations in air pressure in the range from 250 to 1100 mbar. The humidity of the air in the measurement region lies between 0 and 100% relative humidity.
The electrochemical cells used in the tests have certain serious disadvantages for the planned application. For example, limited lifetimes of approx. 2 years result, necessitating costly replacement at regular intervals. Since humidity is required for the operation of the electrochemical cell, the cell can quickly dry out in dry air, as is the desired aim in aircraft. This leads to a shortening of the lifespan. In addition, operation at low temperatures is not possible because the electrolyte freezes.
Pump probes with solid electrolyte are disqualified because they have to be heated up to several 100� C. in order to operate and consequently constitute an ignition source for the air/fuel mixture.
Paramagnetic methods use a complicated mechanical measuring system with a scale which is susceptible to vibrations and accelerations such as occur in aircraft.
Efforts are currently being made to develop sensors operating according to the fluorescence quenching principle for the targeted application. With this approach, short-wave light pulses are brought by means of an optical wave guide into an area of the fiber which is coated with a special fluorescing substance. The fluorescence intensity and the decay time of the fluorescence are dependent on the oxygen concentration in the environment. A disadvantage with this method is the absence of a self-check capability. The correlation of the oxygen concentration with the measurable variable depends on the long-term chemical stability of the fluorescence layer with respect to any environmental influences occurring.
The object of the invention is to provide a device and a method by means of which the build-up of ignitable gas mixtures inside an aircraft tank can be detected.
This object is achieved by the respective feature combination of claims 1 and 10 respectively. Advantageous embodiments can be derived from the respective dependent claims.
The invention is based on the knowledge that all in all laser absorption spectroscopy meets the requirements for a sensor for detecting oxygen in an aircraft tank, the laser absorption spectroscopy being used in the visible and infrared wavelength range. Evaluated in particular are individual, in each case selected, absorption lines of the oxygen molecules in the range between 758 and 766 nm.
Laser absorption spectroscopy is a method known per se. Lasers or laser diodes which emit in monochrome in the static operating state are used. Use is made here of the wavelength tunability, for example by variation of the operating temperature. This enables a wavelength interval which is set in place of a selected absorption line in the spectrum of the target gas, in this case oxygen, to be scanned. The laser light irradiates a selectively positioned gas absorption section in which the oxygen is located if it is present in the tank. If oxygen is present, a wavelength-dependent attenuation of the penetrating light will occur. The attenuation always correlates with the concentration of the gas to be measured. A photodetector records the spectrum, which will be conditioned in a following signal processing electronics circuit and evaluated by means of appropriate software on a processor. Usable methods for the purpose of evaluation in laser spectroscopy are either direct absorption measurement, a derivative method or high-frequency modulation methods such as, for example, the heterodyne method, as described in the literature references [4] and [5].
The absorption measurement section is positioned on the tank of an aircraft in such a way that all components of the sensor that are connected by means of electrical leads are placed outside the tank or outside the tank wall. Only a retainer with a back-reflecting element present at the end projects into the interior of the tank. The entire arrangement is mounted in the upper area of a tank, in particular at a raised position at which the tank has, for example, a bulge. This positioning is associated with the fact that the measurement is taken in the gas phase. The oxygen sensor should ideally not be immersed in fuel or, as the case may, should be able to take the measurement as quickly as possible in a gas volume in which gases accumulate inside an aircraft tank. As a result the transmitting and receiving elements as well as usually also a temperature sensor are thus located outside the tank wall, a feed-through opening in the tank wall is terminated by a window that is transparent to the light wavelengths used during operation, and retainer and reflector project into the tank such that an absorption measurement section is represented inside the tank. The reflector can advantageously be a retroreflector. Further advantages are achieved by means of a concave mirror.
The ignitable mixtures are monitored by means of the detection of oxygen with the additional measurement of the oxygen concentration. Typically, a lower ignition threshold of a mixture composed of oxygen and the possible vapors of the fuel will be monitored by measurement of the oxygen concentration.
Exemplary embodiments are described below with reference to schematic figures which do not limit the scope of the invention.
Since the method has a high dynamic range for the optical receive signal (see literature reference [6]), a misting up of the window 3 or the reflector 5 can also be tolerated within wide limits. As the spectral measurement always yields the entire absorption line, in particular also the areas in which no or only little absorption occurs, such as, for example, an area near to an absorption line, the measurement background is known and a wavelength-independent change in the transmissions of the measurement cell does not interfere with the concentration measurement. The concentration of the gas is proportional to the ratio of the minimum transmission in the center of the absorption line to the transmission near to the line.
Furthermore the narrow spectral line width of the laser emission, which is typically less than 1% of the half-value width of the absorption line, permits a spectrum to be recorded without spectral broadening caused by the measuring instrument. The measured spectrum can be compared directly with a calculated spectrum, given knowledge of the molecule parameters such as the transition frequency, integrated line strength, pressure distribution coefficient and energy of the initial state as well as length of the absorption path, temperature and pressure. Then, the only free parameter is the gas concentration. Thus, no device parameters are included in the calculation. This makes the method into a reference method, which means it is predestined for the desired application, where what it essentially comes down to is the long-term stability of the concentration calibration.
The parameters of the laser diode which are included in the measurement are the curvature of the laser characteristic curve and the correlation between the laser current and the emission wavelength. The curvature of the laser characteristic curve is assumed to be parabolic. A change in the curvature is taken into account in the evaluation and therefore does not influence the measurement result. The change in the correlation between laser current and emission wavelength can be recalibrated at any time by measuring the oxygen spectrum at different temperatures.
For the purposes of self-adjustment it should be noted that in the normal case a small correction has to be made in the event that the measured position of the absorption line does not tally with the stored position. In this case the instrumental wavelength scale is shifted until the two positions of the absorption lines match once more. If the discrepancy is greater, a larger area of the spectrum must be measured (at different temperatures) in which a number of absorption lines occur. From the known intensity ratio of the different lines, the measured spectrum can then be uniquely assigned to the stored spectrum with regard to the wavelength scale.
Provided a residual amount of oxygen is still present in the tank, an oxygen absorption can always be identified with certainty. This means that the system can check itself. Provided the absorption is measured, it is ensured that the laser wavelength is correct and the complete evaluation electronics and software are operating correctly. If no oxygen is to be expected in the measurement cell, beam splitting can be used to create a reference path in which a reference cell containing oxygen is disposed. A photodetector in the reference branch then records the spectrum. The evaluation takes place as in the present case. No moving parts are required. There is therefore also no mechanical wear and tear and no influencing of the results by vibrations and accelerations.
The laser spectroscopy method for detecting oxygen generally meets the requirements for use on an aircraft tank. Certain features stand out in particular here. A very important feature is the self-check, so that it can automatically be determined at any time whether the current measurement is correct or not. This is based on the knowledge that a predetermined signature, that is to say an absorption spectrum of the oxygen line, must be present at all times so as to provide sufficient features for an unequivocal identification of the measurement gas spectrum.
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The recipe calls for 3 lbs ground meat, 16 ounces of ketchup, 2 chopped onions, assorted ground spices, 6 cups of water and 1/2 cup of corn starch to thicken.
This is not a thick sauce. It is no where near as thick as the stuff you buy in the cans at the grocery store. In fact, home canned pie filling is thicker.
If I change the straight corn starch to clear gel or therm flow and process in the pressure canner for 75 minutes for 1/2 pints will it be OK?
Home-canned pie filling is a tested high-acid fruit formulation, not low-acid meat ground meat thickened in a sauce, so they're not remotely comparable.
And because testing has not been done on the recipe you cite, there's no definitive answer as to whether it would be safe or not. No one here can say yes or no.
If you believe it would be and want to give it a shot, that's up to you.
Simple answer - no way to know if it would be safe or not. It is a do-at-your-own-risk recipe.
Sure it has the processing time for ground meats - 75 mins. @ 10 lbs. for pints but that meat time is based on only having water, broth or tomato juice added, not ketchup, onions and thickener. Just the thickener alone would require added time.


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In Cullen v. Corwin, 2012 DJDAR 7533 (2012), the Third District Court of Appeal decided a unique attorney fee case arising under a standard form real estate purchase contract. The court concluded that there was a procedural bar to the prevailing party's fee claim and rejected the claim for attorney fees. The party refused to engage in the required mediation prior to litigating the case. The court of appeal concluded that the failure to comply with the mandatory condition barred the recovery of fees.
The plaintiffs purchased a vacation home from the defendants. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to disclose structural defects in the home. The language of the standard form purchase agreement stated that a party who "commences an action without first attempting to resolve the matter through mediation, or refuses to mediate after the making of a request shall not be entitled to recover attorney fees."
The plaintiffs made two requests for mediation after they filed their lawsuit. Despite the overtures, the defendants refused to mediate the dispute. The defendants then moved for summary judgment. The court granted the summary judgment motion and awarded the defendants $16,500 in fees. The plaintiffs appealed, contending that the defendants' refusal to participate in the required mediation constituted a procedural bar to any fee recovery.
The court of appeal reversed the fee award. The court noted that the contractual requirement for post‑lawsuit mediation was a bar to the fee claim. The court referenced the strong public policy toward mediation and that the clause in the standard form agreement was placed into the standard form contract to minimize the number of disputes requiring institution of formal litigation.
The court concluded that the defendants were not entitled to attorney fees because they refused to participate in alternative dispute resolution.
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"On the directive of Chief Minister Mayawati, CMS of the
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Departmental proceedings have been initiated and the
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were being sold in open market.
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