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When you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you are lost? That is the question that a strategic plan helps address. Strategic Planning essentially means deciding in advance what your company will be doing in the future. However, this cannot be done without first having an understanding of the company's current status, where the company wishes to go and how they will get there. Two articles were analyzed and a comparison will be conducted. The articles reviewed were 'Ten Key s to Successful Strategic Planning' written by Richard Mittenthal and 'Fundamentals of Strategic Planning' published by the Ohio Literacy Resource Center. Key points in each will be referenced, how the information can be applied to the workplace, how it can be applied to the team project and lastly elaborate on the value of the information.
Article Comparison
According to Mittenthal in the article 'Ten Keys to Successful Strategic Planning' states that strategic planning is a tool for transforming and revitalizing a corporation. A strategic plan is not the same thing as an operational plan, a business plan or a case statement. "A strategic plan is a tool that provides guidance in fulfilling a mission with maximum efficiency and impact" (Mittenthal, p2). The article goes on to state that a successful plan is also a usable plan. It must be relevant and informational. There are ten key elements discussed in this article for a successful plan.
The first is to have a clear and comprehensive grasp of external opportunities and challenges. Change is inevitable and a plan must consider the external factors. The external environment, such as technology advancements and the expectations related to new technology, community demographics and methods for delivering service and programs, all has to be considered and revisited routinely to ensure plan accuracy. The second key point is to have a realistic and comprehensive assessment of the organizations strengths and limitations. A comprehensive assessment should have objective and subjective data from a multitude of sources including but limited to board members, staff, community leaders, customers, financiers, and partners. The third point is to have an inclusive approach. Most of the same parties who provide the comprehensive assessment information should have a role in the planning effort. The views of those affected by the plan or those who play a role in its implementation should be incorporated to ensure a successful plan. The fourth point is to have an empowered planning committee. The core work of a strategic plan will be conducted by a rather small group of with decision making authority to ensure that the planning process moves along. The fifth key point is that there must be senior leadership involvement. Buy-in of senior management is crucial to the success of any strategic plan. The sixth element is the sharing of responsibility by board and staff members. The planning effort should draw on both professional staff and board members, because each in their own right offers a different and important skill set and perspective. The seventh point is learning from best practices. A solution that has worked for an organization in the past can be adapted and potentially be reusable for another business or corporation. The eighth key point is to have clear priorities and an implementation plan. Prioritization of the strategic objectives is essential to a successful plan. Once a firm understanding of the companies vision is mission are defined then the priorities can be set. The ninth point is patience. Keeping things on course is important, however, revisiting and rethinking priorities can be a continuous process, that's why patience is so important. The tenth and final key point according to this article is there must be a commitment to change. Organizations must be prepared to change as often as necessary to keep up with the ever changing market conditions, client needs and funding criteria (Mittenthal).
In summary a strategic plan can provide an invaluable blueprint for growth and revitalization particularly when the board and staff are committed to its implementation. It is a great tool for understanding where a business stands, where it wants to go and charts a path on how to get there.
The article titled 'Fundamentals of Strategic Planning' similarly references that a strategic plan is not the same thing as a long-range planning and that a strategic plan must take into account both internal and external issues that impact and shape an organization. This article stresses the ideal plan must ensure that the goals and objectives fit the mission and purpose of the organization. It must also reference strategies for taking advantage of opportunities and reduce external threats to the business. Additionally, it must identify the corporation's internal strengths and weaknesses in order to build on the strengths and reduce the impacts of the weaknesses. An ideal plan also focuses on critical issues the corporation must address. It also must contain a plan for achieving the goals and objectives and a strategy for implementing the plan. Lastly, it should identify contingency options for coping with varying scenarios.
This article also discusses the reasons for a corporation to engage in strategic planning. Some of the reasons are to clarify direction, identify a common vision, solve problems, and/or achieve goals. According to this article the first step in strategic planning is to perform an environmental scan. This scan is where you find out information about the organization internal strengths and weaknesses and how external threats and trends might impact the corporation's mission in the next few years. This scan helps identify the critical issues that must be addresses in the planning process. The quality of the plan will depend on the quality of the information gathered during the environmental scan. The next step in the process is to perform an internal analysis and determine the vision of the future. Then hold brainstorming sessions with various players such as board members, staff, volunteers, program users and community leaders to evaluate the data gathered. Determine the strategic priorities that the plan will address and start applying goals and objectives to each. When the plan is finished, develop a strategy for its implementation. As stated in the first article a strong commitment from management, staff and the board is required to make strategic planning successful.
Key Points
The key reasons for having a strategic plan are to learn what your company's current status is, where your company is going, and how your company will get to where it is going. When gathering information ask the questions; what is the industry's future, who are the competitors, what the current market position is and what direction makes the most sense. It is important to understand the business and its competition.
Be inclusive, strategic planning should be a participatory undertaking by board members, staff, volunteers, clients among. There must be a real commitment from senior management for strategic planning to be successful. A strategic plan should include a vision, mission, and organizational values or goals, a means to measure progress against the plan.
Some of the problems with strategic planning are omitting measurable goals, stopping once a preliminary plan is created, lack of an implementation strategy and finally not using the plan after it is created. A plan must be usable and all members within an organization must feel like what they do contributes towards an overall objective and goal that ultimately funnels up to a strategic priority.
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For the crema: Combine the yogurt, lime zest and juice, cilantro and adobo sauce in a small bowl, stirring well to combine. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
For the quesadillas: Preheat a grill pan and spray with nonstick spray.
Soak the onions in the jalapeno juice about 10 minutes. Drain.
In a large bowl, mix together the jalapenos, onions, pork and cheese. Divide the mix on top of 2 tortilla rounds. Top each with another tortilla round. Spray the round with olive oil and place face down onto the grill. Grill until the cheese is melted and the tortillas begin to brown, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook an additional 3 minutes. Remove the quesadillas from the grill pan, cut each into quarters and serve with the crema.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
In a small bowl, mix the olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper. Using a pastry brush, spread the mixture all over the pork shoulder.
Set the meat on a rack set into a roasting pan. Roast for 20 minutes, and then reduce the heat to 325 degrees F. Continue to cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the shoulder reads 185 degrees F, about 4 hours. Remove the pork from the oven and let stand until cool enough to handle, about 30 minutes.
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No one did. Until now.
Last week I needed a break while grading papers. I took the scans from issues 1, 3, & 4 of the Gammarauders comics and sat there with one window open in my comics reader and another in a minimal word processor and went to town.
In typing this up, I realized:
- This isn't truly "extremely tiny."
- You really need to read the comic to understand a lot of the references.
- For a ruleset, it's rather incoherent.
. . . the first thing I'm supposed to do is explain what roleplaying games are all about. It's simple—roleplaying games are make-believe. If you remember the Gammarauders and Slugnoids or cops and robbers you played as a child, roleplaying is just like that—with more rules. The rules are supposed to tell you who shot whom and settle arguments and the like.So, yes, these rules are extremely light and extremely flexible, but I don't know if they are actually playable in their current form. You have to be a serious Gammarauders fan to even try. I might take a pass at editing these into useable form by separating the backstory from the mechanics and clarifying rolls with tables, but that's not going to happen for a while. Someone else is more than welcome to give it a shot.
The following file is a straight transcription; I have not edited the text to make it coherent or useable. Notice, for example, that the name for the DM changes from The Boss to The Keeper in the "second installment", there's a freeform mix of Arabic and Roman numerals, there's inchoherent use of italics and underlining, etc. I guess DC or TSR couldn't afford an editor for comic book text back in the day.
Anyway, here it is on Google Drive, with commenting enabled:
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This post is part of the WPF Toolkit DataGrid series. Here is a list with the complete set of blog posts:
- Part I – Introduction
- Part II – Custom Styling
In Part I we went through basic DataGrid setup creating a sample application that showcased the usage of DataGridColumns. In this part we will dive into more advanced concepts. It is my ambition that you get a good understanding of how to setup a DataGrid to do whatever you wish without restrictions. In this part we will focus on restyling the DataGrid, DataGridColumnHeaders and DataGridRowHeaders.
- Visual breakdown of styles and layout
- Styling the DataGrid
- Styling DataGridColumnHeaders
- Styling DataGridRowHeaders
- Creating a new template for the SelectAllButton
Download sample source code
Here you can find the source code for this article.
Visual breakdown of layout and styles
Before we start digging dipper into DataGrid's functionalities and restyling let's take a look on what WPF Toolkit uses to build it. It is essential that you understand what each class is responsible for in order to find which styles you need to replace so that you can change the looks of a specific region of the DataGrid.
First let's look at the DataGrid from a layout perspective. Along with the DataGrid this are the main components used to display the information inside of it:
These classes are the ones used by the DataGrid to render itself. They are the objects that end up on the application's visual tree:
- DataGridColumnHeadersPresenter: this control will go through the DataGridColumns collection of the DataGrid and create a DataGridColumnHeader for each;
- DataGridColumnHeader: picks up the information in its DataGridColumn and renders it as a header on the corresponding column position;
- DataGridRowsPresenter: the ItemsControl that iterates the ItemsSource creating a DataGridRow for each item;
- DataGridRow: represents an item of ItemsSource;
- DataGridRowHeader: this is a Button that lays on the beginning of each DataGridRow. It allows the user to select the row, resize it, and can be used to show information – for instance, on the current operation being performed over the selected row or still to provide error information;
- DataGridCellsPresenter: this is the ItemsControl used to render each cell, based on the column bindings, for the DataGridRow bounded item;
- DataGridCell: this is the control used to render a specific value of an Item. Essentially it is made of two templates, one to display the item and one for editing it;
- DataGridDetailsPresenter: this is an extension of the DataGridRow used to show further information about a row than the one displayed by the cells. It is a panel that is normally laid bellow the cells. On WPF Toolkit's DataGrid, by default, this panel is only shown when the user selects a row.
On the following image you can see where each of this controls are laid. Take some time to get to know what component is responsible for what part of the DataGrid.
Starting from the top, in the DataGrid, we will have a DataGridColumnHeadersPresenter used to present all DataGridColumnHeaders, there will be one header per bounded column. Each column header has two grippers. Inside the DataGrid along with the DataGridColumnHeadersPresenter there will be a DataGridRowsPresenter which will contain all our rows. The DataGridRow will contain a DataGridRowHeader and a DataGridCellsPresenter which contains all the DataGridCells. Also part of the DataGridRow, although not shown in the screenshot, is the DataGridDetailsPresenter, which can be used to present further details on the selected row.
If you use Snoop to browse the visual tree of our sample from Part I you will see the following (I have marked in red the items you should pay more attention to):
Side note: Snoop is a great tool for analyzing how a WPF application is structured. If you do not have this tool on you arsenal, stop reading, go to their web site, download it and install it. This is a must have if you are developing WPF applications.
You can see each of the classes we looked at above in the visual tree of our WPF sample application. Take some time to assimilate the structure used before proceeding.
By now you should have a solid understanding about the structure of the DataGrid. You should be able to easily spot each component along with which class is responsible for rendering it. This is the foundation for our next job – restyling the WPF Toolkit's DataGrid.
Styling the DataGrid
Since the DataGrid is divided in several parts and each has individual styles, our ControlTemplate for it will not change that much, most of it will be based on the one that comes with WPF Toolkit.
The DataGrid style has five major components:
- Select all button: this is the button on the top left corner of the DataGrid that is used to select all rows;
- PART_ColumnHeadersPresenter: this is the ItemsControl used to present all of our DataGridColumnHeaders;
- PART_ScrollContentPresenter: the main area of the DataGrid where all the DataGridRows will be rendered;
- PART_VerticalScrollBar: renders the vertical scroll bar of our ScrollViewer;
- PART_HorizontalScrollBar: renders the horizontal scroll bar of our ScrollViewer.
I have taken a screenshot from Snoop in order to show you how these parts fit together on visual tree:
In the last sample we worked with on Part I, you may have notice that the vertical scroll bar does not occupy the full height of the DataGrid. In our new style, we will make it fill that empty space. This is just a minor tweak in the default DataGrid ControlTemplate.
Since you may want to reuse this new style just add a new resource dictionary to your solution where you can place the new DataGrid style – in the sample code I have named it 'DataGrid.Generic.xaml' and placed it under the Themes folder.
The change we are planning to make is a small one, so we can reuse the style defined within WPF Toolkit, you just have to copy the DataGrid style from the 'Generic.xaml' file on WPF Toolkit and add it to your new dictionary. Find the definition of the vertical scroll bar in the ControlTemplate part of the style. Change Grid.Row to 0 and give it a Grid.RowSpan of 2, as shown below:
(…) <ScrollBar Name="PART_VerticalScrollBar" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="2" Grid.Column="2" Orientation="Vertical" Maximum="{TemplateBinding ScrollableHeight}" ViewportSize="{TemplateBinding ViewportHeight}" Value="{Binding Path=VerticalOffset, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Mode=OneWay}" Visibility="{TemplateBinding ComputedVerticalScrollBarVisibility}"/> (…)
Along with extending the scroll bar you can also style your DataGrid by setting some nice colors. To give your DataGrid a cooler look you can start by creating a series of brushes:
<!-- Generic brushes --> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="DefaultControlBorderBrush" Color="#FF688CAF"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="DefaultControlBackgroundBrush" Color="#FFE3F1FE"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="DefaultControlForegroundBrush" Color="#FF10257F"/> <!-- DataGrid related brushes --> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="GridLineColorBrush" Color="#FFCEDFF6" /> <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="AlternateRowBackgroundBrush" StartPoint="0.5,0.0" EndPoint="0.5,1.0"> <GradientStop Color="#FFFEFEFF" Offset="0"/> <GradientStop Color="#FFE4F0FC" Offset="1"/> </LinearGradientBrush>
(…) <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource DefaultControlBackgroundBrush}"/> <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource DefaultControlForegroundBrush}"/> <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource DefaultControlBorderBrush}" /> <Setter Property="HorizontalGridLinesBrush" Value="{StaticResource GridLineColorBrush}" /> <Setter Property="VerticalGridLinesBrush" Value="{StaticResource GridLineColorBrush}" /> <Setter Property="AlternatingRowBackground" Value="{StaticResource AlternateRowBackgroundBrush}" /> <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" /> (…)
In the sample you will find all the style for the DataGrid. When you go through its ControlTemplate you will see most of the items described in 'Visual breakdown of layout and styles'. This is how our DataGrid currently looks with the new style:
You can download a working sample by following this link.
Styling DataGridColumnHeaders
The next step will be to create custom styles for our DataGridColumnHeaders. In the class diagram above you can see that DataGridColumnHeaders extend ButtonBase, so when we style a DataGridColumnHeader we are actually creating a style for a button. We also need to keep in mind the two styles for the grippers – one for each side of the DataGridColumnHeader. The grippers will be used to resize the DataGridColumnHeader, thus they need to exist as controls the user can interact with!
Let's start by creating the style for the grippers, both left and right, since they will be referenced as static resources by the DataGridColumnHeader style.
<!-- DataGridColumnHeader Right Gripper Style --> <Style x:Key="ColumnHeaderRightGripperStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}"> <Setter Property="Width" Value="8"/> <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/> <Setter Property="Cursor" Value="SizeWE"/> <Setter Property="Template"> <Setter.Value> <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}"> <Border Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"> </Border> </ControlTemplate> </Setter.Value> </Setter> </Style> <!-- DataGridColumnHeader Left Gripper Style --> <Style x:Key="ColumnHeaderLeftGripperStyle" BasedOn="{StaticResource ColumnHeaderRightGripperStyle}" TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}"> <Setter Property="Width" Value="8"/> <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/> <Setter Property="Cursor" Value="SizeWE"/> <Setter Property="Template"> <Setter.Value> <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}"> <Border Name="Border" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"> <Canvas> <Line RenderOptions.EdgeMode="Aliased" Stroke="#88B0E4" X1="7" Y1="{Binding ElementName=Border, Path=ActualHeight}" X2="7" Y2="0"/> </Canvas> </Border> </ControlTemplate> </Setter.Value> </Setter> </Style>
As you may have noticed we are drawing a line on the left gripper but not drawing it on the right gripper. If we were to draw lines on both sides the end result would be a thicker line. Instead, on the right gripper, we just reserve some space so that the user will have somewhere to click and drag to resize the column.
Now that you have created the grippers you can go ahead and create the style for the DataGridColumnHeader. In this style we will be adding a nice blue gradient background and a highlight gradient that gets displayed when the user put his mouse over a column header:
<!-- DataGridColumnHeader Style --> <Style x:Key="ColumnHeaderStyle" TargetType="{x:Type WpfToolkit:DataGridColumnHeader}"> <Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center" /> <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource HeaderBackgroundBrush}"/> <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource HeaderBorderBrush}" /> <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0,1,0,1" /> <Setter Property="Template"> <Setter.Value> <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type WpfToolkit:DataGridColumnHeader}"> <Grid> <WpfToolkit:DataGridHeaderBorder x:Name="headerBorder" SortDirection="{TemplateBinding SortDirection}" IsHovered="{TemplateBinding IsMouseOver}" IsPressed="{TemplateBinding IsPressed}" IsClickable="{TemplateBinding CanUserSort}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Padding ="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SeparatorVisibility="{TemplateBinding SeparatorVisibility}" SeparatorBrush="{TemplateBinding SeparatorBrush}"> <Border BorderBrush="{StaticResource HeaderInnerBorderBrush}" BorderThickness="0,1,0,0"> <TextBlock Text="{Binding}" Margin="4,0,4,0" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" /> </Border> </WpfToolkit:DataGridHeaderBorder> <Thumb x:Name="PART_LeftHeaderGripper" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Style="{StaticResource ColumnHeaderRightGripperStyle}"/> <Thumb x:Name="PART_RightHeaderGripper" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Style="{StaticResource ColumnHeaderLeftGripperStyle}"/> </Grid> <ControlTemplate.Triggers> <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True"> <Setter TargetName="headerBorder" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource HeaderHighlightedBackgoundBrush}" /> </Trigger> <Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True"> <Setter TargetName="headerBorder" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource HeaderPressedBackgroundBrush}" /> </Trigger> </ControlTemplate.Triggers> </ControlTemplate> </Setter.Value> </Setter> </Style>
Go ahead now and create a 'Brushes.xaml' beside the 'DataGrid.Generic.xaml' resource dictionary. In here you will define all of the brushes used by the styles in the DataGrid. This will make it easier for you to reuse them on the remaining controls of your application.
<!-- Header related brushes --> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="HeaderBorderBrush" Color="#88B0E4"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="HeaderInnerBorderBrush" Color="#FFFFFF" /> <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="HeaderBackgroundBrush" StartPoint="0.5,0.0" EndPoint="0.5,1.0"> <GradientStop Color="#FF98BFEB" Offset="0"/> <GradientStop Color="#FFB8D4F2" Offset="1"/> </LinearGradientBrush> <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="HeaderHighlightedBackgoundBrush" StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1"> <GradientStop Color="#FFA3CBF7" Offset="0"/> <GradientStop Color="#FFD9E6F9" Offset="1"/> </LinearGradientBrush> <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="HeaderPressedBackgroundBrush" StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1"> <GradientStop Color="#FFA3CBF7" Offset="1"/> <GradientStop Color="#FFD9E6F9" Offset="0"/> </LinearGradientBrush>
In order for you to see the outcome of these new styles you will have to alter the DataGrid style by adding it a setter for the ColumnHeaderStyle property:
<Setter Property="ColumnHeaderStyle" Value="{StaticResource ColumnHeaderStyle}"/>
In the following picture you can see how our DataGrid is actually looking after restyling the DataGridColumnHeaders:
You can download a working sample of the code presented here by following this link.
Styling DataGridRowHeaders
DataGridRowHeaders pretty much follow the DataGridColumnHeaders in the way they are implemented. So you have two grippers, one on top and another on bottom, and a style for header itself. In this case we will use the same style for both the grippers just to lay the required space for the user to interact with. The visual separator for the columns will be the control template's border.
<!-- DataGridRowHeader Gripper --> <Style x:Key="RowHeaderGripperStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}"> <Setter Property="Height" Value="8"/> <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/> <Setter Property="Cursor" Value="SizeNS"/> <Setter Property="Template"> <Setter.Value> <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Thumb}"> <Border Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"/> </ControlTemplate> </Setter.Value> </Setter> </Style>
Now you can go ahead and include the style for the DataGridRowHeader. For this you will use most of the code from the DataGridColumnHeader and the corresponding brushes. We want to keep the look and feel of both header types consistent.
<!-- DataGridRowHeader Style --> <Style x:Key="{x:Type WpfToolkit:DataGridRowHeader}" TargetType="{x:Type WpfToolkit:DataGridRowHeader}"> <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource HeaderBackgroundBrush}" /> <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource HeaderBorderBrush}" /> <Setter Property="Template"> <Setter.Value> <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type WpfToolkit:DataGridRowHeader}"> <Grid> <WpfToolkit:DataGridHeaderBorder x:Name="headerBorder" IsSelected="{TemplateBinding IsRowSelected}" IsHovered ="{TemplateBinding IsMouseOver}" IsPressed="{TemplateBinding IsPressed}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="1,0,1,1" Padding ="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Orientation="Horizontal" SeparatorVisibility="{TemplateBinding SeparatorVisibility}" SeparatorBrush="{TemplateBinding SeparatorBrush}"> <Border BorderBrush="{StaticResource HeaderInnerBorderBrush}" BorderThickness="0,1,0,0"> <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"> <ContentPresenter SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/> <Control SnapsToDevicePixels="false" Visibility="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type WpfToolkit:DataGridRow}}, Path=(Validation.HasError), Converter={StaticResource bool2VisibilityConverter}}" Template="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type WpfToolkit:DataGridRow}}, Path=ValidationErrorTemplate}" /> </StackPanel> </Border> </WpfToolkit:DataGridHeaderBorder> <Thumb x:Name="PART_TopHeaderGripper" VerticalAlignment="Top" Style="{StaticResource RowHeaderGripperStyle}"/> <Thumb x:Name="PART_BottomHeaderGripper" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Style="{StaticResource RowHeaderGripperStyle}"/> </Grid> <ControlTemplate.Triggers> <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True"> <Setter TargetName="headerBorder" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource HeaderHighlightedBackgoundBrush}" /> </Trigger> <Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True"> <Setter TargetName="headerBorder" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource HeaderPressedBackgroundBrush}" /> </Trigger> </ControlTemplate.Triggers> </ControlTemplate> </Setter.Value> </Setter> </Style>
As you can see this style is pretty much the same as the one for the DataGridColumnHeader. After these changes this is how our application is looking:
It is looking pretty cool! To download the sample for this part of the tutorial just follow this link.
Creating a new template for the SelectAllButton
The only thing that is currently killing the look of our DataGrid is that top left corner button. This button is used to select all the rows on the DataGrid and its appearance can be altered by setting it on the DataGrid's style. First you have to create the style for the button:
<!-- SelectAllButton ControlTemplate --> <ControlTemplate x:Key="SelectAllButtonTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type Button}"> <Grid> <Rectangle x:Name="Border" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" Stroke="{StaticResource HeaderBorderBrush}" Fill="{StaticResource HeaderBackgroundBrush}" /> <Border SnapsToDevicePixels="True" Margin="1,1,1,0" BorderBrush="White" BorderThickness="0,1,0,0" /> <Polygon x:Name="Arrow" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="8,8,3,3" Opacity="0.15" Fill="Black" Stretch="Uniform" Points="0,10 10,10 10,0" /> </Grid> <ControlTemplate.Triggers> <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True"> <Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Fill" Value="{StaticResource HeaderHighlightedBackgoundBrush}" /> </Trigger> <Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True"> <Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Fill" Value="{StaticResource HeaderPressedBackgroundBrush}" /> </Trigger> <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False"> <Setter TargetName="Arrow" Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" /> </Trigger> </ControlTemplate.Triggers> </ControlTemplate>
The only thing remaining now is to set this template on the corresponding button on the DataGrid style:
<!--Left Column Header Corner --> (...) <Button Command="{x:Static WpfToolkit:DataGrid.SelectAllCommand}" Width="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type WpfToolkit:DataGrid}}, Path=CellsPanelHorizontalOffset}" Focusable="false" Visibility="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type WpfToolkit:DataGrid}}, Path=HeadersVisibility, Converter={x:Static WpfToolkit:DataGrid.HeadersVisibilityConverter}, ConverterParameter={x:Static WpfToolkit:DataGridHeadersVisibility.All}}" Template="{StaticResource SelectAllButtonTemplate}"/> (...)
Congrats! You have now restyled all of the relevant components of the DataGrid. This is the final screenshot of the sample developed on this blog post:
The final sample for this blog post can be downloaded by following this link.
End of Part II
In this part you have seen how to style the look of the DataGrid. You got to know a bit more about the structure used by WPF Toolkit to render its DataGrid and its data.
Don't miss the next part of this series. We will look into more advanced stuff like styling cells, columns and creating custom DataGridColumns.


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Here are answers to common queries from DTP students. Please refer to the DTP Handbook for more detailed information on the programme.
Who is the DTP Student Representative?
We would like hear your thoughts on all aspects of the programme, so we aim to have a student representative for each year.
2012/13 Cohort - Alberto Perez-Riba
2013/14 Cohort - Megan Eldred
2014/15 Cohort - Amy Charbonneau
The Student Reps sit on the DTP Management Committee and provide feedback on the course and student experience.
Is it possible to sign up to courses that are offered by other/some departments?
Yes, depending on the approval of that department and provided that your supervisor and DoS are in agreement. However, students in their first year should be aware of their other commitments, such as the SysMIC training and short research projects, and not try to spread themselves too thinly.
Are there any travel expenses associated with the studentship?
Students funded by the BBSRC DTP are eligible for £300 pa for conference attendance or other relevant travel (eg to visit a collaborator). Other students following the DTP programme should contact their funding bodies to see if funds are available. Most Colleges also provide support for conference attendance. In addition, the Cambridge Philosophical Society, whose purpose is 'promoting scientific inquiry', provides travel awards to members of more than one year's standing. See http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/ for information on the Society, including how to join
What funding is available to me for consumables/research expenses?
During the first year, £1500 is available for each short research project. During years 2-4, up to £5000pa is available. These funds are administered by your host Departments(s).
Can I order additional software for my laptop?
Yes, but seek approval from your supervisor before doing so. Any cost will come from your consumables budget.
Who is the contact for IT support for any laptop/software issues?
For help with software or hardware installation on the Laptop you were provided with, contact Mr Paul Judge in the School of Biological Sciences Bioinformatics Facility (firstname.lastname@example.com). For IT support during your rotations or PhD project please contact the IT support in your host department/institution.
Rotation Project
When can I expect feedback on my rotation project reports?
We aim to provide feedback within 2-3 weeks of submission
Why do I need to submit 3 rotation project choices?
Two reasons: firstly, we ask for details of available projects some months in advance and there is always the possibility that your chosen project is no longer available; secondly, you might not be the only student to choose that project – and thus a second choice might need to be allocated. .
Rotation report – does the preface and the title count for the word limit?
Do references count towards the word limit?
I am assigned to the Food Security theme however I have found some projects outside my theme very interesting. Should I still submit only 3 choices, for example 2 from my theme and none from another theme? Am I allowed to submit more than 1 choice of the project, which is not in my assigned theme?
We would advise that you talk this through with your Director of Studies. You can submit 3 project choices, in any theme, although it is expected that at least one of your projects will be in your assigned theme.
How are rotation project allocations made? Would it be matched with my experience therefore I should apply for the projects that are connected with my previous lab/research experience?
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Is there scope for us to organise projects or must they come from the project list?
There is scope for you to organise projects, although they must be approved by the Education Committee to ensure their suitability.
Is there a pro forma for the research project write up?
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Will I be able to find out who has assessed my research project?
Could we use the numbering system of referencing in the main body of text for our rotation reports?
What happens if at the end of my rotation project there is still money on the grant? Does this mean it will go into our 'pot' to use on our PhD project?
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PhD Project
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PIPS in the PhD Proposal – to what level of detail are we supposed to go in to?
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Does the PhD Proposal need to have a declaration at the front similar to the one for rotation write ups?
MRes Viva
What is the subject matter of the viva?
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When will I find out the results of the viva?
You can expect to hear confirmation of your results 2-3 weeks after the viva. This timescale is because results are reviewed by the Education Committee and the Examiners.
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Bradley Manning Acquitted — Shocked Celebs Tweet WikiLeaks Trail Verdict
After a months-long trial, Bradley was acquitted of the most serious charge he faced — aiding the enemy. Read on to find out how stars felt about the verdict.
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Join the Dept of Spanish and Portuguese for a screening of 5 remarkable films. English subtitles will be provided and select screening will have a discussion to follow in English.
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BRITTEN Ballad of Heroes
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David Korevaar, piano
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SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
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Building a "New Normal" on the Bedrock of Risk Management
Martin Craighead became president and chief executive officer of Baker Hughes on 1 January 2012. He joined the company in 1986 and has served in various engineering, operations, managerial, and executive positions throughout North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. Craighead was named chief operating officer of Baker Hughes in 2009 and was appointed president in July 2010. He earned a BS degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.
Historically, our industry has been driven by a series of inflection points to re-examine best practices, technologies, or philosophies on how we conduct our business. The most notable of these have often been associated with tragedies such as the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster in the North Sea and, most recently, the Macondo disaster in the US Gulf of Mexico. Piper Alpha led to a wide-scale focus on health, safety, and the environment (HSE), fundamentally changing the way companies viewed safety, and led to orders of magnitude improvement in HSE practices. While the full impact of Macondo is only now being fully understood, it is clear that we will see a similar effect on the way we handle quality, competency, safety critical systems, and contingency planning.
In both of the incidents, external pressure precipitated the cultural or technical shift to a new operating norm, while the capabilities and technology for bridging the gap were available. Until we consider risk management and operational sustainability as business drivers and an equal part of our mission, we will never make the paradigm shift from a reactive to a proactive business model.
The industry's goal should be an incident-free environment, but government regulation alone will not help the industry achieve that goal. The reservoirs our industry is targeting are more challenging, the environments are harsher, and the technology required is ever more complex. As an industry we must be willing to go far beyond what is regulated—we must fundamentally change the culture of our business to address risk management in our processes, our technology, our talent management, and our safety programs.
Consistent processes and procedures across our business are the foundation for this change. A common operating system not only ensures that we meet regulations in all areas where we work, but also establishes repeatable performance that takes us far beyond what is required. Generally, there is one best way to perform an activity, whether it is solving problems for our customers or developing new products and technology.
Read the entire editorial in the January 2012 issue of JPT.
Well Control
Procrastination: Is it too many things going on at once that causes us to rush to meet deadlines, or makes us forget to complete important tasks in a timely manner, or even try to do too many things at once, resulting in nothing getting done correctly? You probably are wondering how this relates to well control. In our work schedules, we all are faced with situations in which we are required to complete multiple concurrent tasks. This often is the case when we rush to finish drilling a problem well so that we can get the drilling rig moved to the next location and turn this well over to the completions team. Multiple activities must be completed concurrently that, individually, are relatively simple, but each activity requires the attention of the driller, tool pusher, company man, and others on the crew. When one of these tasks begins to go awry, our attention may be on something else, and we can miss important warnings until it is too late to avoid a disaster.
What is the point? Once again, I will use the Macondo blowout as an example. To leave the well in a position to be completed by another crew, mud had to be removed from the riser and top of the well and be replaced with seawater. A spacer was pumped between the mud and seawater to prevent mixing of the seawater and mud. This is a simple enough operation, it seems, but when seawater is being pumped into the well, mud has to be pumped onto a workboat to prevent the pits from running over, and the spacer is being dumped overboard; keeping track of how much of each fluid is going where becomes a daunting task. Could this have been a contributing factor in not recognizing the beginning of the kick?
Jerome Schubert, SPE, is an assistant professor in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. He has more than 30 years' experience with Pennzoil, Enron Oil and Gas, the University of Houston– Victoria Petroleum Training Institute, and Texas A&M University. Schubert earned BS, ME, and PhD degrees in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a coauthor of Managed Pressure Drilling and the author of more than 35 technical papers. Schubert serves on the JPT Editorial Committee and has served on several SPE committees and as a Technical Editor for SPE Drilling & Completion. He serves as Faculty Advisor for Pi Epsilon Tau. Schubert is a registered professional engineer in Texas.
Mature Fields and Well Revitalization
Revitalizing mature fields embraces multiple objectives, especially maximizing production while minimizing capital expense and reducing the inevitable decline rate and minimizing the operating expense. The collective approach to meet these objectives is application of practical and focused engineering and geology tied with the application of enabling technologies.
Key enabling technologies in the revitalization of mature fields include reservoir simulation, advanced characterization techniques (e.g., 3D seismic and new measurement, tomographic, and visualization techniques), permanent downhole reservoir monitoring, horizontal and multilateral drilling, geosteering, production-enhancement techniques (e.g., secondary- and tertiary-recovery schemes), improved perforation and stimulation methods, new fracturing techniques and fluids, cutting-edge completion technologies, advanced logging techniques, artificial-lift optimization, and conformance control.
Implementation of appropriate enabling technologies can extend the producing life of mature fields. Yet the complexity of some of these fields can still present formidable challenges. It takes the right data, the right tools and techniques, and the right team to create an efficient, cost-effective field-development plan to optimize an aging asset.
Read the paper synopses in the January 2012 issue of JPT.
Syed A. Ali, SPE, is a research advisor with Schlumberger. Previously he was a Chevron Fellow with Chevron Energy Technology Company. Ali received the 2006 SPE Production and Operations Award. He earned BS, MS, and PhD degrees. He served as the Executive Editor of SPE Production & Operations and currently serves on several SPE committees, including the JPT Editorial Committee and Well Completions Subcommittee.
EOR Performance and Modeling
In spite of continued investment and advances in exploiting alternative energy sources, oil and natural gas will continue to be a significant portion of US and global energy portfolios for decades. Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) uses unconventional hydrocarbon-recovery methods that target the approximately two-thirds of the oil volume remaining in reservoirs after conventional-recovery methods have been exhausted. Though limited by high capital and operating costs, EOR techniques will have a substantial effect on the future supply of oil.
In 2011, SPE hosted an EOR conference in Kuala Lumpur, and three workshops to address EOR technologies in Malaysia, Kuwait, and the Syrian Arab Republic. The Malaysia workshop focused on chemical-EOR methods, the Kuwait workshop addressed opportunities and for challenges of EOR methods in the Middle East, and the Syrian Arab Republic workshop discussed EOR in carbonate reservoirs. More than 300 EOR papers were published in SPE conferences, with many additional presentations in EOR workshops. These papers address important issues related to practical application of conventional EOR methods and the development of novel EOR technologies. The topics cover experience with, opportunities for, and challenges of EOR technologies; fundamental study of EOR mechanisms for different methods; feasibility study and improvement of an EOR method for a specific reservoir; EOR-screening criteria; reservoir surveillance, monitoring, and evaluation technologies; reservoir simulation and modeling; lessons learned from EOR pilot and field trials; and some novel EOR methods.
Polymer flooding has been proved the most cost-effective chemical-EOR method in the laboratory and in the field. A recent focus on polymer flooding evaluated associative polymers because of their advantage over traditional hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) polymers; thus, one paper about comparing the flow behavior of associative polymer and HPAM in porous media was selected for this feature.
CO2 injection is a win/win strategy because it can enhance oil recovery and be used for CO2 storage in reservoirs to reduce greenhouse-gas levels in the atmosphere. However, CO2 EOR targets maximum oil recovery while CO2 sequestration targets maximum storage capacity without leakage. One paper featured here provides some guidance to balance the two technologies.
Steamflooding has been applied successfully in heavy-oil reservoirs. However, one paper synopsized in this feature will describe successful steamflooding in a lightoil reservoir.
EOR opportunities in the Middle East are also highlighted.
Read the paper synopses in the January 2012 issue of JPT.
Baojun Bai, SPE, is an associate professor of petroleum engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Previously, he was a reservoir engineer and head of a conformance-control team for PetroChina. Bai holds PhD degrees in petroleum engineering and in petroleum geology. He serves on the JPT Editorial Committee and as a technical editor for SPE Journal and SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering.
SPE Drilling & Completion – featured papers
View the entire contents of the December 2011 issue.
Completion Design and Execution
151970-PA – Completing the First Big Bore Gas Wells in Lunskoye–a Case History
C. Zerbst, SPE, and J. Webers, SPE, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Limited
134326-PA – Numerical Simulations of Sand-Screen Performance in Standalone Applications
Somnath Mondal, SPE, and Mukul M. Sharma, SPE, University of Texas at Austin; and Rajesh A. Chanpura, SPE, Mehmet Parlar, SPE, and Joseph A. Ayoub, SPE, Schlumberger
Drilling and Completion Fluids
140868-PA – Development of Water-Based Drilling Fluids Customized for Shale Reservoirs
J.P. Deville, B. Fritz, and M. Jarrett, Halliburton
135166-PA – Protecting the Reservoir With Surfactant Micellar Drill-In Fluids in Carbonate-Containing Formations
Tianping Huang, SPE, James B. Crews, SPE, and David E. Clark, SPE, Baker Hughes
141447-PA – Stabilizing Viscoelastic Surfactants in High-Density Brines
R. van Zanten, SPE, Halliburton
130579-PA – Laminar and Turbulent Friction Factors for Annular Flow of Drag-Reducing Polymer Solutions in Coiled-Tubing Operations
Chinenye C. Ogugbue, SPE, and Subhash N. Shah, SPE, Well Construction Technology Center, University of Oklahoma
Mitigating Disaster–A Look at the Ohmsett Oil Spill Research and Test Facility
Robin Beckwith, Staff Writer JPT/JPT Online
On 11 October 2011, the X Prize Foundation announced the winners of the USD 1.4 million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE, launched during the summer of 2010 in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the US Gulf of Mexico. According to a press release, "the competition inspired entrepreneurs, engineers, and scientists worldwide to develop innovative, rapidly deployable, and highly efficient methods of capturing crude oil from the ocean surface." Emerging from an original field of more than 350 submissions from all over the world, Elastec/ American Marine of Carmi, Illinois, captured the USD 1 million first prize, with Norway's NOFI Tromsø awarded the USD 300,000 second prize; no contestant's cleanup system qualified to receive third prize.
Testing the 10 finalists' technologies in order to determine the winner would have been impossible were it not for a facility called Ohmsett (Oil and Hazardous Materials Environmental Test Tank). What is Ohmsett, and why is it so critical to the development of oil spill prevention and mitigation technology?
Read the full article in the December 2011 issue of JPT
West of Shetland Development Gathers Momentum
John Sheehan, JPT Contributing Editor
BP is ramping up its West of Shetland operations with the UK government approval to push ahead with the second phase of its giant Clair field development, Clair Ridge. Plans to redevelop the Schiehallion and Loyal fields with a new floating production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) are also gathering pace.
The Clair reservoir is the largest known hydrocarbon resource on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), occupying an area of 220 sq km. It is located approximately 75 km west of the Shetland Isles in 459 ft of water. Because of its size and complexity, it is being developed in phases.
Clair Ridge, in UKCS Block 206/8, lies to the northeast of Clair Phase 1 and will be tapped with a pair of bridge-linked platforms–a drilling and production (DP) facilities platform and an accommodation and utilities (QU) platform. The new platforms have a 40-year design life and will require a total capital investment of about GBP 4.5 billion (USD 7.16 billion).
Read the entire article in the December 2011 issue of JPT.
Can Geoscientists Resolve the CCS Paradox?
International energy and climate organizations have found carbon capture and storage (CCS) to be a promising technology to resolve the squeeze between fast-growing global energy needs and global warming. Even environmental organizations say that making our energy use more efficient and building enough new renewable energy capacity takes too long. We need to get the CCS working to curb the growing greenhouse gas emissions if too large a climate change is to be avoided.
CCS consists of three major interdependent steps:
- Capture the carbon, CO2 out of flue gases, either from the stack of a power plant or the blast furnace top gas in iron making.
- Transport it by pipeline or ship it underground.
- Safely keep it in a storage site for thousands of years.
The technology for each of these steps has been used for decades in the industry, mostly in oil and gas. The important change is the scale–from about 100,000 to 1 million metric tons per year in the past. Today, we see the need for handling 10 million tons in each installation and for perhaps several thousand installations. The amount of CO2 produced from one power station varies from 2 million to 10 million tons; a modern iron-making blast furnace emits up to 10 million tons per year. The costs of the technologies for a large-scale CO2 handling chain are estimated to be split roughly 75%-10%-15% for capture-transport-storage.
Read the entire article in the December 2011 JPT.
Tore A. Torp is adviser for CO2 storage at Statoil, leading the storage part of Statoil's research and development program (R&D) on CO2 capture and storage. He joined Statoil in 1984 from the steel industry. Between 1984 and 1996, he led large international R&D cooperation projects developing complex offshore field technologies. Since 1997, he has been project manager of Statoil CO2 storage R&D projects. He was vice chairman of the CSLF Technical Group, and was a lead author of the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. He received a PhD in material sciences from Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Bit Technology and Bottomhole Assemblies
The last decade has seen significant change in many areas of the drilling business, particularly with bits and bottomhole assemblies. Rising drilling costs, more-complex and -demanding drilling environments, and the ever-present stimulus of provider competition are continuing to drive improved understanding and decision making in this area. The days when bits were seen as simple commodities, with their leverage on well time and cost unrecognized, are fading. And this is long overdue.
Particularly encouraging is the growing use of field-behavior modeling of the bit and drillstring under realistic conditions, and the development of knowledge- based tool-selection techniques, refined by an intensive study of field data. The migration toward deeper or more-tortuous well designs, often accompanied by simultaneous drilling and hole opening in regions in which vibration effects are prolific and are more punishing, is leading to more understanding and rigor. These are admirable trends that more-traditional operations can and should capitalize on, and sometimes are.
My learned colleague Graham Mensa-Wilmot wrote of these trends a year ago in this feature, correctly pointing out to us that "We have the key, let's open the door." Perhaps we can claim to have done so with some challenges and in some geographical areas (e.g., vibration diagnosis and mitigation in deepwater Gulf of Mexico operations). However, with other equally important challenges (quantitative optimizing of the rate of penetration comes to mind), fundamental understanding and rigorous methods are not so widespread; we are still operating with "pockets of excellence." So, it is appropriate to lay another challenge to those managing drilling operations and providing drilling services–if your teams are relying on a fuzzy definition of downhole processes or on trial and error to deliver drilling performance, it is time to modernize–let's have the current pockets of excellence show the rest of us the way.
Read the paper synopses in the December 2011 issue of JPT.
Martyn Fear, SPE, is General Manager of Drilling & Completions for Husky Energy's Atlantic Region, Canada. He has more than 25 years' experience in drilling optimization and operations management across a wide variety of international locations. Fear serves on the JPT Editorial Committee. He earned a BSc (Honors) degree in geological sciences from the University of Birmingham, England.
Production Facilities
Every year, SPE organizes more than 30 conferences worldwide. Critical issues of current interest to the oil industry are reflected in the SPE papers presented at these conferences. When selecting papers for this feature, I was not surprised that many papers deal with topics related to safety in facilities design and to asset integrity.
With recent publicized accidents and the industry's continuing concern about its public image, operating companies are focusing on process safety and improving asset integrity, and are addressing these issues early in facilities design. Indeed, it can be argued that enhancing safety performance and dealing with the increased environmental risks remain the key challenges facing the industry today. Some concepts relevant to these topics are briefly outlined.
Asset integrity can be defined as the ability of the asset to perform its required function effectively and efficiently while managing health, safety, and the environment. In this context, asset integrity refers to hydrocarbon systems and includes support systems and infrastructure, such as platform structures.
Critical safety elements are those systems and equipment that prevent, control, or mitigate major accidents. They include elements such as pressure-relief valves, shutdown systems, fire- and gas-detection systems, and firefighting equipment.
Safety instrumented systems (SISs)—since its publication in 2003, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61511 standard is becoming the basis for the specifications and implementation of SISs in the oil industry. Initially, the industry was relatively slow to adopt this standard. A dilemma facing operating companies is what to do about the existing shutdown safety systems that were installed before 2003 and that are not in compliance with IEC 61511.
Papers selected for this feature along with those recommended for additional reading highlight industry progress in these issues. I hope that they will be of interest to you.
Read the paper synopses in the December 2011 issue of JPT.
Hisham Saadawi, SPE, is Vice President (Engineering) for Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO). He has more than 30 years' experience in the design, construction, startup, and operation of oil- and gas-processing facilities. Saadawi's current areas of interest include multiphase pumping, CO2 enhanced oil recovery, technical safety, as well as training and development. He is a recipient of the 2011 SPE Regional Projects, Facilities, and Construction Award. Saadawi is a 2010-2011 SPE Distinguished Lecturer and an SPE course instructor. He has served on several committees and subcommittees of SPE conferences and workshops, and he serves on the JPT Editorial Committee. Saadawi holds a PhD degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Manchester, UK, and is a Chartered Engineer in the UK.


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Majority Leader Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu says immediate-past President, John Mahama caused Parliament to reverse its decision to pay him a monthly rent allowance upon retirement.
The Suame MP who leads the NPP MPs in Parliament said President Mahama pleaded that Parliament gave him a permanent accommodation after he hands over.
There is a brouhaha over the accommodation of the ex-President following the handing over of power last Saturday, January 7, 2017.
A Presidential Emoluments committee Mahama formed before handing over, had recommended that the exiting president be paid 40% of his salary as rent allowance.
But after Parliament accepted this recommendation, President John Mahama caused fresh changes in the recommendation which was later brought back to parliament.
"We gathered that the president has made some entreaties to elderly statesmen in the country to intervene to have an official residence," the Majority leader revealed.
In the new recommendations, the President is to be given a permanent place of abode after leaving office.
'Don't forget the NPP was still in the Minority" Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu said as Parliament approved this recommendation.
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
With the new recommendation accepted, there is another controversy over which House the President can retire in.
The President is currently living in his Cantonment House which he used as his official residence whilst Vice-President and later President.
But some lawyers are up-in-arms insisting that his continuous stay there is in breach of the Presidential Transition Act, especially Section 10.
"Vacation of official residence
10. (1) The incumbent President and the incumbent Vice-President shall each vacate the official residences before the day of the swearing-in. of the person elected as President. and. if either of them so desires move into an alternate official residence.
(2) Any other person who ceases to hold office on the assumption of office of the person elected as President and is in occupation of an official residence shall vacate the residence within three months after that assumption of office."
Lawyers Yaw Oppong of the Central University and Ace Ankomah, a leader of pressure group OccupyGhana are in agreement that the President should have vacated his home before the inauguration of the new government as stated in the law.
They are convinced that the Transition Act does not allow the President to request for the use of his official residence as his permanent home upon retirement.
He could ask for another property but not the Cantonment residence, they stressed.
The Majority leader Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu agrees that Mahama ought to vacate his official residence and later put in a request for a House.
Ace Ankomah said he was 'terribly' disappointed that people in positions of power cannot obey the law.


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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's pro-amnesty FWD.us group is calling for a national "Day of Action" on Thursday to pressure House Republicans to pass amnesty legislation.
"This week marks one year since the Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform–and tomorrow, we are mobilizing supporters like you to tell House Republicans we cannot wait any longer to fix our broken system," the group wrote in an email to supporters Wednesday. "It's imperative Congress acts now and not later. That's why we're calling on reform's biggest advocates to commit to calling Congress on the Day of Action tomorrow."
FWD.us is asking that supporters "commit to call House Republicans on Thursday and tell them the time is now for comprehensive immigration reform."
The high-tech group has been pushing amnesty legislation to get massive increases in the number of high-tech visas, even though scholars and studies have proven that America has a surplus–not a shortage–of high-tech workers.


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Keynote Address by LINNAEA TILLETT, PhD, to highlight the opening of IESNYC's Ninth Annual Audible Light Exhibition.
The Illuminating Engineering Society of NYC is pleased to announce the long-awaited results of our Ninth Annual NYC Student Lighting Competition, with an exciting evening that aptly features a keynote address by Linnaea Tillett, PhD.
As founder and principal of Tillett Lighting Design, Inc., Ms. Tillett has long been a shining light in the industry.Her company's reputation for artistry, technical innovation and functionality has led to collaborations with some of the world's most acclaimed architects, interior designers and artists. Since 1992, she has been a faculty member of the Masters in Lighting Design Program at Parsons The New School for Design. Her wealth of talent, academic degrees and diverse experience combine to make her a sought-after and frequent speaker on lighting, public space, and the psychology and physiology of lighting.
For the student competitors, award-winners, and industry attendees at the Exhibition Opening and Reception on March 4, 2009, Ms. Tillett's keynote speech promises to be an inspiring and unforgettable experience. Registration is required, and can easily be done online at www.iesnyc.org/audiblelight.
On March 5, 2009, the exhibition opens its doors to the public, free of charge. All are invited to come and be inspired by the students' fascinating achievements.
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Audible Light Exhibition Opening and Keynote Address
March 4, 2009
- Exhibition Opening and Reception: 6pm to 7pm
- KeyNote Address and Awards Presentation: 7pm to 8pm
- Online registration required. www.iesnyc.org/audiblelight
March 5, 2009
- Public Exhibition: 11am to 5pm
- The exhibition is free and open to the public
The Helen Mills Theater and Event Space
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