protected void startJobAcquisitionThread(){
  if (asyncJobAcquisitionThread == null) {
    asyncJobAcquisitionThread=new Thread(asyncJobsDueRunnable);
  }
  asyncJobAcquisitionThread.start();
}

protected void startJobAcquisitionThread ( ) { if ( asyncJobAcquisitionThread == null ) { asyncJobAcquisitionThread = new Thread ( asyncJobsDueRunnable ) ; } asyncJobAcquisitionThread . start ( ) ; }
starts the acquisition thread
