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|December 8, 2011 - Issue #57
In this issue
Infolytica Corporation releases MotorSolve v2.6MotorSolve v2.6 includes several new features: synchronous reluctance motor templates, improved loss predictions and enhanced stator winding modeling with 3D viewing and more accurate end effect calculations.
Motor efficiency can be determined with greater accuracy due to improved loss predictions. Mechanical factors such as friction, windage and stray losses can now be accounted for.
Read the full press release
AC Synchronous Reluctance Machine for Traction Application
The rise of rare earth permanent magnet prices due to their limited supply has revived a great deal of interest in AC synchronous reluctance machines, particularly, for traction applications. In this example, a 55 KW traction motor is designed using a stator that was originally designed for a squirrel cage induction motor for a similar output rating and application. The design of the new machine uses the stator of the induction machine and only the rotor geometrical parameters and configurations are used as free design parameters to achieve the target performance criterion.
Read more
Updated Design ExamplesWe have recently updated some of the design examples posted on infolytica.com in order to better reflect the functionality available in MagNet, ThermNet, ElecNet and OptiNet version 7.
Take a look at these refreshed examples to see new field plots, animations, sample models and results!
Simulink® with MagNet - Response Surface Modeling of an Actuator
Modeling an electromagnetic actuator in a systems context is sometimes required to accurately simulate the dynamic interaction between drive circuit, actuator, and load. Response Surface Modeling (RSM), creates a functionally equivalent model of the actuator by performing a large number of static analyses at different currents and positions. Presented here is an example of an RSM, used in conjunction with the Simulink® system simulator from The MathWorks, Inc.
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Analyzing the magnetostatic properties of a 2D axisymmetric loudspeaker designA basic analysis of a loudspeaker design consists of analyzing the magnetostatic properties of a 2D axisymmetric design. In certain cases, 2D analysis is insufficient because of symmetry breaking features, for example, segmented magnets. In this case, a 3D model is needed. The same analyses can be performed in 3D as with the 2D analysis package.
The following diagrams show a typical 2D loudspeaker design in MagNet and the resulting contoured and shaded flux density fields, some 3D views, and the results of parameterization to the geometry of the model
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Brushless Motor: Minimizing Cogging TorqueCogging torque is an undesirable effect that prevents the smooth rotation of the rotor and results in noise. In this example, OptiNet is used with MagNet in order to minimize the cogging torque by changing a number of geometric parameters while maintaining a certain running torque.
The rotor and stator use a laminated structure and there are four permanent magnets on the rotor, each magnetized to alternate between north and south.
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Coil Size Optimization - Induction Heating
In the multiple-coil configuration shown in this figure, the work piece is surrounded by six coils (coils are shown partially so that the workpiece can be seen). The objective of this optimization is to find the inner radii of the coils in order to obtain a uniform temperature in the upper portion of the workpiece.
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IPM Motor with vector control in Simulink
The vector control of an Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) Brushless DC motor involves running both Simulink and MagNet transient solvers simultaneously. .
Co-simulations allow the strengths of two separate simulators to be combined, in this case the powerful system-level simulation of Simulink with the dynamic electrical machine analysis of MagNet. A continuous data exchange between the two keeps the shared quantities (voltages and currents) synchronized.
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The four pieces are the only surviving tapestries by the artist. Experts say they are comparable to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling as masterpieces of High Renaissance art.
They will be displayed alongside their full-size original designs — the Raphael Cartoons — which have been at the V&A since 1865. It will be the first time that the designs and tapestries have been shown together — something Raphael himself never witnessed.
The tapestries were made for the chapel in Vatican City almost 500 years ago and show the Acts of St Peter and St Paul: The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, Christ's Charge to Peter, The Healing of the Lame Man and The Sacrifice at Lystra.
They were woven in Brussels and then sent to Rome for display. The weavers cut Raphael's cartoons into strips and copied them closely, producing each tapestry from the back — the reverse of the cartoon. The painted strips of cartoon were put back together and became prized artworks in their own right.
The cartoons remained in Brussels and several European monarchs, including Henry VIII, commissioned copies of the tapestries. In 1623, the future Charles I brought the cartoons to England to have his own set of tapestries woven in Mortlake.
The exhibition of the tapestries, which are owned by the Vatican Museums, will take place from September 8 until October 17 to coincide with the visit to Britain of Pope Benedict.
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The blockmap is a data structure used for collision detection in a map, provided by the resource lump called
BLOCKMAP – it is used for a number of situations such as calculating when a moving Object hits a linedef or when two Objects (one or both moving) collide.
The blockmap is simply a grid of "blocks"', each of which is a size of 128×128 fracunits. Each of these blocks stores a linked list of all linedefs, Objects and PolyObjects located within themselves. Through these lists, a moving Object only needs to check through any blocks it takes up for detecting collisions with these map components, rather than the entire map. Whenever an Object or PolyObject changes position, the blockmap lists for these will be updated for the old and new positions' blocks.
If an Object has the primary flag
MF_NOBLOCKMAP checked, the Object will be removed from the blockmap links for the block it is physically located in, making the Object effectively intangible to any moving Objects that would attempt to collide with it. This does not prevent such an Object from colliding with other Objects when it is moving itself, however.
When development mode is enabled, the blockmap for the current map can be seen by toggling the grid on. Note that not all maps will have a
BLOCKMAP lump included with them in a WAD file; in this situation, SRB2 can build a new blockmap for the map from scratch. However, development mode's automap will not be able to display anything of the map on-screen as a result of this.
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Individual Tumor Profiling
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Up-and-Coming Stars Shine in Biopharma Research and Business
Podcast: FDA's New Commissioner Hits the Ground Running
Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Commits to Speeding Up Drug Reviews, and Maintaining Safety and Efficacy
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Lonza will provide cell-line and process-development services for Athera Biotechnologies' PC-mAb phosphorylcholine monoclonal antibody candidate, which the latter is developing as a treatment for preventing restenosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Lonza's activities will exploit its GS Gene Expression System™ and secure a cGMP manufacturing route for Athera's antibody candidate.
Swedish firm Athera is one of Karolinska Development's portfolio companies and is developing PC-mAb as a means to block the uptake of oxidized LDL in macrophages, and so effectively block the inflammatory process leading to atherosclerosis.
Athera's second therapeutic approach is designed to help prevent plaque rupture and atherothrombosis through increased binding of a plasma protein, annexin A5, to endothelium. The candidate is in preclinical development as a potential biopharmaceutical for treating acute coronary syndrome patients at immediate risk of acute heart attack.
The firm already has a CE-marked diagnostic product on the market. CVDefine® is an ELISA test for detecting IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine. Athera claims low levels of anti-PC indicates a risk for the development of cardiovascular disease, and CVDefine has been developed to provide an early indication of lesions in the artery wall caused by inflammation.
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London-based broker RFIB has launched a financial resource policy, which is led by carrier Ironshore Europe.
The policy will provide FCA regulated organisations, such as re/insurance brokers, with an "innovative, secure and capital efficient method of ensuring that they meet the financial element of FCA's appropriate resources threshold condition," said the company.
The regulator states that a financial institution must have sufficient capital reserves to manage its run-off should it become insolvent. The financial resource policy allows the business to free up the capital which would otherwise need to be put aside to meet the threshold condition.
In the event of a broker's insolvency, the policy will pay for the fees of a third party provider to service the run-off. At inception of the policy the preferred provider, R&Q Insurance Services, will supply an independent quote to administer the run-off to extinction. This quote is capped, meaning that R&Q will take responsibility for the run-off from the liquidator at a price up to, but not exceeding, their quote.
Jonathan Turnbull, chief executive officer of RFIB, said: "The new regulatory environment has placed significant pressure on brokers to demonstrate that they have more than adequate capital resources. RFIB has developed and launched this product in response to the genuine need that brokers have for a secure and capital efficient alternative means of ensuring that they meet the FCA's requirements."
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What is going on at Panorama?
Hardly a day goes by without another story about the BBC's ailing current affairs flagship. The last editor has left - no surprise after nearly five years in the job - but then we read that none of the senior executive producers in the department could be persuaded to apply for the job.
Why not? Well, a copy of the job description, obtained by MediaGuardian two weeks ago, provides a number of telling clues. (Declaration of interest: I am a former Panorama editor.) It was eight pages long and stuffed with "management" tasks and responsibilities for "the whole business", but it conspicuously failed to mention actually commissioning Panorama. The BBC denied that it intended to give responsibility for commissioning the programme - that is, deciding what topics it should cover from week to week - to anyone other than the editor.
Nevertheless, the job description gives an insight into the thinking at the top of BBC TV current affairs. It is written as if it were for one of a number of executive producers working to the newly appointed "creative director" for current affairs. It speaks only of a "particular focus" on BBC1 and mentions other responsibilities to win co-production business and to challenge "non-productive or damaging behaviour in teams". Reading between the lines, this could just as easily be summarised as: "We've had enough of bloody-minded Panorama editors who won't do what we tell them, and the team of dinosaurs that work for them."
Perhaps the managers think it would be best, in order to meet the challenges faced by current affairs on BBC1, to break up the Panorama team and integrate it into the rest of the current affairs department. (The document describes Panorama as a "brand" - not a programme.)
In fairness, managers are wrestling with some difficult issues - not least Mark Thompson's value-for-money agenda and the redundancies that may well flow from it. Nevertheless, in spite of some fine programmes, Panorama is not punching its weight. On this front, however, it would be wrong to lay most of the blame at the door of managers.
The truth is that Panorama has been the victim of serious institutional neglect since it was moved out of prime time to its current slot late on Sunday evening. The argument that it needed to be protected from the full force of hostile competition from other TV channels has proved to be self-fulfilling. Out of the limelight, it appears less able to raise its game to meet creative challenges and audience expectation, and no amount of extra money or "special" prime-time slots appear to change that.
The BBC at the highest level must take responsibility for what has happened to its current affairs flagship. (If ITV or Channel 4 had done the same thing, the regulators would have fined them millions of pounds for breaching the terms of their licences).
There is no doubt that Panorama needs - in Thompson's words - "a burst of creative energy", but the programme should be restored to a position of prominence and the new editor must be given all necessary resources and support to create and maintain the team to do the job.
How important is Big Brother to C4?
The short answer is very important - and it is becoming more so. The first show of the new series gathered more than seven million viewers last Thursday - the best launch yet - and will have come as a big relief at Channel 4.
In the year to date, the channel's all-time share - bolstered by Deal or No Deal and Paul O'Grady - is up to 10% from 9.7% in the same period last year, but its peaktime share is down from 9.4% to 9%. Although this decline is not as bad as that experienced by some other channels, it is a worry for Channel 4. Not least because this trend is being driven by the reduced performance of a number of previously steady staple programmes. Wife Swap, Supernanny, Grand Designs and some big imports such as Lost and Desperate Housewives do not appear to be as potent as before.
If Big Brother, with competitors such as Sezer Yurtseven continues to rate well and fights off the multiple challenges ITV has planned for it (in other words, more reality shows aimed at the same audience), then Channel 4 will be OK for the moment. But in the longer term, perhaps the pendulum is starting to swing. Anyone for a spot of reinvention? Or a makeover, perhaps?


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For my debut on Bloggingheads.TV, I spoke with Diego Arria, a former governor of Caracas, Venezuelan information minister, and representative to the United Nations, about his country's current leadership vacuum. In the clip above, he discusses Cuba's role in the crisis.
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Donald's Double Trouble is a Donald Duck animated short. It was released in June 28, 1946.
Donald hires a look-alike with more gentlemanly manners to win back the heart of Daisy after an argument.
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Woodland Pattern's poets laureate series concludes with Antler reading
Woodland Pattern Book Center's Milwaukee Poets Laureate Series wraps up May 17 with a joint reading by Antler and Howard Nelson.
Antler, Milwaukee's poet laureate in 2002-'03, is an inheritor and continuer of the Allen Ginsberg tradition of ecologically and politically charged poetry. His long poem "Factory," based on his experiences working in a can factory, was published in 1980 by City Lights in the same pocket book series as Ginsberg's "Howl" and brought him to wide attention. His collections "Last Words" (1986) and "The Selected Poems" (2000) are good samplers of his straightforward approach and wide interests.
Like Antler, New York poet Howard Nelson claims a connection with Walt Whitman. Nelson is the editor of "Earth, My Likeness: Nature Poetry of Walt Whitman." In his poem "Gorilla Blessing," Nelson is struck by the way humans resemble their simian relatives: "But in these moments in restaurants, / when I see a gorilla in every chair, / and the chairs are humps of earth / and the booths are lush booths of vegetation / on Karisoke slopes, / I think of kinship across six million years or so, / how similar our faces are, and our hands...."
The reading begins at 7 p.m. at Woodland Pattern, 720 E. Locust St. Tickets are $6-$8 per event. Call (414) 263-5001.
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Cacheability Analysis of HTTP Traffic in an Operational LTE Network,
12th Annual IEEE World Telecommunications Symposium (WTS 2013), Apr 17-19, 2013, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
N. Nithi and A. J. de Lind van Wijngaarden,
Smart Power Management for Mobile Handsets,
Bell Labs Technical Journal, 15(4), 2011, pp. 149-168.
A. Buvaneswari, L. Drabeck, N. Nithi, M. Haner, P. Polakos and C. Sawkar,
Self-Optimization of LTE Networks Utilizing Celnet Xplorer,
Bell Labs Technical Journal, 15(6), 2010, pp. 19-118.
N. Nithi, C. Nuzman, and B. Y. C. Tang,
Network Capacity Recovery and Efficient Capacity Deployment in Switching Centers,
Bell Labs Technical Journal, 9(4), 2005, pp. 83-100.
P. Risbood, C. Nuzman, N. Nithi, and S. Patel,
ROADM Enabled Optimization in WDM Rings,
Proc. Optical Fiber Commun. Conf. (OFC2005), OWG1, March 2005.
C. Nuzman, K. Kumaran, N. Nithi, I. Saniee, D. Levy, and P. Mitev,
Effects of Modularity and Connectivty on OADM Deployment in Ring Networks,
Proc. Optical Fiber Commun. Conf. (OFC 2003), WH5, pp. 360-361, March 2003.
J. Alspector, A. Kolcz and N. Nithi,
Feature-based and Clique-based User Models for Movie Selection: A Comparative Study,
User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction: An International Journal, Vol. 7, May 1997, pp. 279-304.
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SONET Ring Sizing with Genetic Algorithms,
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Predictability of Software Reliability Models,
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Prediction of Software Reliability Using Connectionist Approaches,
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Work has started on HLM Architects' competition-winning sustainable housing design, which will form part of the UK's first sustainable housing fair, Scotland's Housing Expo. The event, being hosted in Inverness in August 2010, is based on a successful Finnish model, and showcases environmentally friendly innovation in residential design and construction.
HLM has designed a terrace of three-bedroom homes which meet the Passivhaus standard for energy efficiency. Passivhaus is a concept from the late 1980s and the first Passivhaus was built in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1990. The design standard has been taken up across the continent and, as of 2008, 20 per cent of Austria's new housing stock meets the standard.
HLM's terrace, one of the first Passivhaus schemes in the UK, will achieve an 80 per cent reduction in energy consumption with the average heating consumption as low as 1,430kWh – less than a tenth of the usage of a comparably sized home under current Building Regulations. This has been achieved by careful orientation, shape and compact form, taking advantage of the climate and solar gains and using a pre-fabricated closed panel timber frame system from RTC to achieve a super insulated building fabric; u-values for walls, roof and floor will achieve 0.1W/m2K with highly efficient Passivhaus certified triple glazed windows from Internorm achieving u-values of 0.71W/m2K.
The units utilise a balanced mechanical ventilation system with 88 per cent efficient heat recovery in place of a conventional heating system – this not only vastly reduces heating bills but also provides cleaner, fresher quality of indoor air free from pollutants.
Careful attention has been paid to achieving airtight design in close conjunction with the timber frame manufacturer; RTC, and the Scottish Passivhaus Centre to achieve a significant reduction in ventilation heat loss, with a target of at least 10 times better than current Scottish Building Regulations. This will be guaranteed by on-site air tightness testing as soon as the envelope is complete with a further test on completion.
Materials, such as the FSC-certified larch timber cladding for the external walls, are being sourced locally, and off-site prefabrication will reduce pollution, waste, transport and construction time significantly. The gardens are being landscaped with local species to enhance wildlife habitats and encourage biodiversity, while allotting space for composting and garden agriculture.
More than 30,000 visitors are expected to attend the SHE in August 2010, which is being billed as 'The single most important architecture and design event to take place in Scotland over the past decade'. Whilst the individual houses, numbering over 50 in total, will be the core of the expo event, there will be a series of supporting exhibitions, talks, seminars, and themed events, in which HLM will be playing a key role.
HLM's terrace of Passivhaus eco-homes, along with the expo's other sustainable homes, will be part of the legacy of a living, breathing, contemporary village which hopes to act as a model for future housing design and development. They will also be available for sale or rent at the end of the housing fair, so three families will soon be enjoying a far cheaper and greener cost of living.
Ross Barrett is project architect at HLM
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HLM Architects are building some of the first UK homes to meet the German Passivhaus standard for Scotland's Housing Expo this summer. Here the firm will update on progress.


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OXNARD, Calif. -- Tony Romo, Alex Albright (back) and Nate Livings (knee surgery) won't play in the Dallas Cowboys' preseason opener against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday night.
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Multiple sources said Romo isn't playing along with selected veteran players. Garrett confirmed Albright and Livings are out for the Hall of Fame Game but wouldn't comment on Romo.
Garrett said the coaching staff, along with the personnel staff, have discussed the playing rotation in some fashion for the Dolphins game. He just won't say.
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The Cowboys offensive line has issues given the lost of Livings, a projected starter who will miss two-to-four weeks, and backup right guard Kevin Kowalski, who is also out nearly a month after minor knee surgery. Tackles Jermey Parnell and Demetress Bell, guard Ray Dominguez, center/guard Ryan Cook and guard Mackenzy Bernadeau also are nursing injuries.
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Another installment in my quest to find the best of Las Vegas.
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Living in a large town, especially one that boasts that it never sleeps, I have gotten used to the convenience of things. I'm a night-owl, but I do like the idea that if I need something, say cold medicine or a bite to satisfy a craving, I can find it at any given hour of the day. Just last week I decided to check out the neighborhood thrift stores. It was 7:30 PM. There are three close to my house: two Goodwills and Deseret. I knew Goodwill stayed open until nine, but I didn't expect the Mormon-operated store to be, but it was. And I wasn't the only one on the lookout for good deals; all three stores were packed with shoppers.
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Kekaha Oceanfront - 3 Master Suites - Central Air(29 Reviews)
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- Minimum stay:5 nights
- Sleeps:6
- Bedrooms:3
- Bathrooms:3.5
- Property type:House
- Internet:Yes
- Pets considered:No
- Wheel chair accessible:Yes
About the Property
House, 3 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, (Sleeps 6)
Sunset Plantation House is a spacious oceanfront vacation home on the sunny west side of Kauai. Including the lanais, the home has 3800 square feet of living space. Facing south, the home has an unobstructed panoramic ocean view.
Sunset Plantation House is located in Kekaha, the western most city in the United States with the least average annual rainfall on Kauai. According to WorldClimate, Kekaha's average rainfall is a sunny 21 inches per year.
A short distance north of the home are Waimea Canyon - the 'Grand Canyon of the Pacific', and the Kalalau Lookout overlooking the northern Napali Coast. A short distance west of the home is Polihale beach. A short distance east of the home are the Kauai Coffee Plantation; Port Allen where Napali snorkeling cruises, sunset cruises and helicopter tours embark; and Salt Pond - a great reef-protected beach for children.
The main floor of Sunset Plantation House is the second floor, which has two bedrooms with private baths, a family room, a kitchen and a large lanai. The second floor family room is part of a vaulted ceiling great room which includes an entertainment center, a formal dining area, an informal dining area and a fully equipped kitchen. The adjacent wrap-around lanai has a barbeque, dining furniture and lounge chairs. The first floor has a bedroom/bathroom suite, a family room, a wet bar and a large wrap-around lanai.
The bedrooms, family rooms, lanais and kitchen have panoramic ocean views!
All interior floors are travertine, except the bedrooms, which have carpet. The lanais have sandstone floors. The kitchen and bar countertops are granite. All bath countertops are marble. The three main showers are oversized with travertine walls, marble pebble floors, travertine benches and multiple shower heads controlled by thermostatic valves. The master bath has a jetted tub with an in-line heater for extended ocean-view bathing. Each of three full baths has a wall-hung mahogany cabinet for two. Each of three bedrooms has a king-size bed, a private bath and entrances from a family room and a lanai.
The home has central air. A washer and dryer are available for guests and a private shower is available for those returning from the beach. The interior of the home is smoke free, however, smoking is permitted on the lanais.
The maximum number of overnight guests including children over 12 is six. Social gatherings of more than 12 adults are not permitted.
Guest quotes:
'My wife and I previously stayed in your home during a vacation with my family...It was gorgeous and we had a wonderful time...my wife and I will be visiting Kauai again, this time with her family. We would love to stay in your home.'
'Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful home. We couldn't think of a thing we would change in the design of the home. You have thought of everything. The views were spectacular. We saw whales all day long every day.' (Jan/Feb)
'A sincerely beautiful experience. Designed for comfort and simplicity, this home met all our needs and more - from the enormous master suites to the plantation style veranda overlooking the ocean.'
'A very beautiful home. A live treasure on Kauai. Your place has made our honeymoon very memorable.'
'We loved our visit - soft breezes, wonderful sunsets. The longer you stay the better it gets.'
'The house is beautiful. Kauai is the most lush and relaxing place we have ever visited. We'll never forget the sunsets.'
'My kids never want to leave this house. The view is awesome. This is our third trip to Kauai and the best time ever.'
'We had the time of our lives here. Your house is so beautiful and this island is simply amazing. Thank you for making our second honeymoon so special.'
'The showers were really nicely done. We hadn't seen anything like that. It is such a beautiful house, it is hard to describe with words. It has really made our honeymoon special.'
'This is a place we will never forget. Thanks for the memories!'
'Thanks for sharing your fabulous house with us. It was a great place for us to enjoy the island with friends.'
'Thank you so much for the times of our lives while on Kauai over New Years this year! Your accommodations were absolutely perfect. The beach was perfect. The sunsets were magnificent...the sunrises were awesome too.'
'What a fabulous house to have for a honeymoon. We loved every minute of it and hope to come back with friends or family.'
'This was a dream come true for our entire family. The best accommodations we've ever had. Sunsets were beautiful. Weather was perfect. The best location on the island.'
'Thank you for sharing your beautiful home. We never expected such a marvelous home. WOW!' Kauai has to be the most beautiful place on earth. Hope to return.'
Hawaii Tax ID: W30086118-01
On-Island Contact - Sarah Grossmann 808-639-0772
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Member since: 2004
Property Type
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House Rules
- Max. occupancy 6
Accommodation Type
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- Guests Provide Their Own Meals
Bedrooms: 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6, Beds for 6
Bathrooms: 3 Bathrooms, 1 Half Bathroom
Other Amenities
- Family
- Churches
- Cinemas
- Health/Beauty Spa
- Restaurants
Local Services & Businesses
- Fitness Center
- Groceries
- Medical Services
Leisure Activities
- Horseback Riding
- Scenic Drives
- Shelling
- Shopping
- Sight Seeing
- Whale Watching
- Wildlife Viewing
Location Type
- Oceanfront
Sports & Adventure Activities
- Basketball Court
- Cycling
- Fishing
- Golf
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Rafting
- Snorkeling/Diving
- Surf Fishing
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Wind-Surfing
Seating for 6 at bar, seating for 6 at dining table, seating for 6 at 2nd floor lanai table...moreless
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- Seating for 6 people
- Air Conditioning:
- Broadband Access
- Clothes Dryer
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- Hair Dryer
- Internet:
- Iron & Board
- Linens Provided
- Living Room:
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- Coffee Maker
- Cooking Utensils
- Dishes & Utensils
- Dishwasher
- Ice Maker
- Kitchen
Lanai / Gazebo:
(2) Ist floor and 2nd floor - each 650 square feet, accessible from family rooms and bedrooms....moreless
- Outdoor Grill
Pool / Spa
- Jetted Tub
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5 night min stay
Additional information about rental rates
- Cleaning $295 + tax
- Tax Rate 13.41%
Cancellations: Payments will be refunded for reserved dates that can be rented to another guest.
Minimum length of stay: Less than 5 nights will be considered if they fill a gap in the calendar.
Payments by Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express are accepted
Payments: 50% at time of reservation and 50% 2 months before checkin.
VISA, Mastercard, American Express and Discover are accepted.
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Helicopter rides, Napali cruises, Waimea Canyon, Polihale Beach
Owner info
Year Purchased: 2003
About the owner: Ed is a Mechanical Engineer/MBA (University of Cincinnati) who was a software sales and marketing executive for high tech companies including IBM, Oracle and three Silicon Valley software start-ups. After retiring from Silicon Valley, he acquired and operated Plumbed Elegance, a plumbing fixture business in Santa Cruz, CA. He currently owns and operates First Glass Inc., a glass contracting company in Aptos, CA. Annette is a Dental Hygienist (West Liberty College) and works part-time in Palo Alto and Cupertino. They currently reside in Aptos, CA and have 6 children and 11 grandchildren who reside in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Florida and California.
Why the Owner Chose Kekaha, HI, USA:
They constructed this vacation home in 2003 after several visits to Kauai. They stayed in Princeville, Poipou, Kapaa and Kekaha during their many visits and chose to build in Kekaha because it has the best year round weather on the island.
The Unique Benefits at this House:
They designed this house for large families, multi-generation family gatherings and visits by several friends. There are few, if any, other properties on the island that have 3 master suites and 2 family rooms. They placed particular emphasis on the bathrooms ensuring that each bath was spacious with oversized showers and double vanities. With the panoramic ocean view, they added 1350 square feet of covered lanais and large sliding glass doors in all bedrooms and family rooms to maximize the ocean view. Finally, they added central air because the west side is the sunny side of the island.
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Sunset Plantation House - Kauai TVNC #5008 Hawaii Tax ID W30086118-01
Sunset Plantation House Entrance - On-island contact - Sarah Grossmann 639-0772
Panoramic Ocean View from Lanais, Bedrooms and Family Rooms
Second Floor Great Room - Ocean View
Master Bedroom - Ocean View
All Bedrooms have Private Baths with Double Sinks & Walk-in Showers
First Floor Family Room - Ocean View - Bar - Small Refrigerator
First Floor Guest Bedroom - Ocean View
Paddlesurfers at Kekaha Beach
Napali Coast Cave - Boat Tours Depart 12 Miles Away at Port Allen
Kekaha Beach in front of Sunset Plantation House (Google Map Out of Date)
Sunset Plantation House at Dusk
Side yard ocean view - kite surfer in background
Winter Sunset photographed from Lanai of Sunset Plantation House
Second Floor Great Room
Master Bathroom Jacuzzi Tub
Second Floor Guest Bedroom - Ocean View
First Floor Suite of Family Room, Bedroom & Bath has Private Entrance
Kekaha Beach
Polihale - West Kauai Treasure - Napali coast begins - dunes - sunsets
Kalalau Overlook (Napali Coast) - A Short Drive Away 4,000 Feet Above Sea Level
This listing was first published here in 2004.
Date last modified - Sunday, May 28, 2017
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- Obituary - Wilbert Dwayne Shade
- Wilbert D. "Budd" Shade, 78, of North Huntingdon, died Sunday, March 4, 2001, at I.H.S. of Greensburg. He was born Feb. 9, 1923, in Altoona, a son of the late Wilbert A. and Mary Mutzabaugh Shade.
He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He retired in 1985 from the Laurel Pipeline Company. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Irwin, the CBI Veterans Association, American Legion Post 977, Irwin, and was a lifetime member of VFW Post 781, North Huntingdon.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Thelma I. Conway Shade; a son, Budd L. Shade; and three sisters, Janet Stell, Bernice Mulhern, and Wanda Dellaira.
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Friends received at WILLIAM SNYDER FUNERAL HOME, 521 Main St., Irwin, Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Thursday at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church, Irwin, with the Rev. Lanny Mellinger officiating.
Interment will follow at Carson Valley Cemetery, Duncansville. (Courtesy: jcabowers)
Son of Aden Wilbert and Mary (Mutzabaugh) Shade; Siblings include: Wanda, Ron, Janet, Jack, Donald, Bernice; Married Thelma Irene Conaway in Detroit Michigan July 2, 1941 Died in Irwin, Westmoreland County, PA.
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Three Hundred and Ninety Moons
Few survive The Change.
Fewer still become anything but monstrous or mindless.
He was one of those few. He had undergone the change five times. Five times he had transmuted into another race and become another face.
It hurt. Every time. That was the reason for The Change, though. The Change was a reminder that Man was not alone in their fabricated worlds. A curse, to punish Man for forcing the Peoples from among them, and then forgetting.
The Changeling will experience the pain of the forgotten Peoples, the time lost, the rejection, until it succumbs. Fighting the Change is similar to fighting daybreak - pointless and painful. It will then take the form of a forgotten One, and must live among Man as a bridge between the race and Man, until the forgotten race has been appeased.
One child every decade is born with the burden of The Change; if the Changeling touches another child during the age of understanding, that child will also receive the curse. The Changeling will experience the first Change under it's three hundred and twelfth moon - and then every thirteenth moon following.
That is, if the the Changeling survives.
It is said that the Curse will be lifted when all of the forgotten races have been manifested through Changelings. There are said to be as many races as there are sands in the sea.
IT IS HERE that we rejoin our man, now understood to be a Changeling, writhing upon the soil, succumbing to the change, and trying to avoid the touch of an innocent.
We must pity him readers, for this horrific day, a day of starvation, rejection, and desperation, is his three hundred and ninetieth moon.
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Finding Flowers
The catatonic girl was beautiful but disheveled. With a soft-bristled brush Skip combed some of the tangles out of her curly red hair, pushing it away from her face. She sat unnervingly still and rigid at the small armchair by the window, barely moving or reacting aside from the occasional wince as he undid a knot.
"Tender-headed, huh?" he asked, knowing there would be no reply but feeling the need to talk nonetheless. "Sorry."
He always drew the blinds when he came in so warm mid-morning rays saturated the room, banishing enduring shadows that crept into each corner by nightfall.
But they never really go away because they accumulate inside you over time like mercury and make you think things that aren't true, and do things you just wouldn't do.
Skip had begun to dread nightfall. On occasions when he had to put in extra hours at night it was mostly uneventful aside from the expected "disturbances" made by more restless patients, but that still didn't remove the feelings this place gave him. As if time had begun to spin backward, bringing back reprisal fears of childhood, he stayed in the light whenever possible, dreading his occasional excursions into the basement's labyrinthine tunnels to retrieve supplies and even patients, easily transported from building to building this way. Usually other staff members were with him but sometimes he was alone. He could usually tolerate being alone, but here, it was different.
You've been watching too many horror movies. Grow up, a bored, no-nonsense facet of his mind often complained, and that lessened the fear somewhat.
Though he was 23, Skip's blue eyes and general facial structure still had many boyish qualities, as did his personality. He was intelligent and grounded but hope and enthusiasm lifted his heart.
As did kindness, which had tried and apparently failed to help this girl sitting before him now. Perhaps his expectations had been too high. He was just an orderly, called upon to take care of those who couldn't take care of themselves, to still screaming, struggling people, lift heavy objects, or anything else the nurses couldn't or wouldn't do. But he couldn't make people's demons go away.
People tended to overlook Penelope, perfectly content to leave her where she was, as if she were part of the scenery. A month ago Dr. Thorneburg had appeared to reach a breakthrough with her. He'd gotten her talking again and doing things on her own, and though she was still way out touch with reality, Thorneburg mentioned he had tentative hopes that she would be brought fully to the surface again, freed from her traumas, cured. What happened after that? She relapsed, the doctor said lamely, and didn't explain why, appearing irritated at Skip when he pressed the issue.
One thing that had permeated Thorneburg's entire attitude was an apparent lack of caring.
Maybe he was dead wrong. Maybe he was just having an off-day or his own perception was muddled by exhaustion, but it needled at Skip; the barely perceptible shrug when he'd said the word relapsed.
Thorneburg had been acting odd that day; moving slowly through the hall, quick eyes darting all over as if suddenly fascinated by everything. He seemed distracted and also rather giddy, excited about something. Though he usually wasn't keen on confronting people, especially one of the psychiatrists he worked under, Skip wanted to pry further because, dammit, he worked hard trying to keep things peaceful around here and the least Thorneburg could do was give him some answers about the patient he so diligently took care of.
Why was she worse when she had been getting better? Why did no one come to visit her? Maybe it was none of his business, but he still couldn't help but care. Someone needed to.
But before he could ask any more questions, a hyperactive male patient had suddenly run up behind Skip and jumped on his back, demanding a piggy-back ride, and smirking, the doctor used that as an excuse to make a retreat back to his office.
Sometimes he thought being a fry cook or clerk or even a bag-boy at the Mini-mart would be better than working here, despite the difference in pay, but seeing patients leave better off than when they came in, seeing them smile when he cracked a stupid joke or stop listening to the voices just long enough to realize that somebody really did care, was the reason he hadn't left.
Staring out the window at the dissonant sunny day, he argued with himself about what the truth might be, but truth could be hard to find, a shy creature that rarely came into full view. Lies, on the other hand, were everywhere and loved to be seen, to be admired.
Nurses passed by in the hallway talking amongst themselves and clouds swathed the sun, lending the room a grayish tint. He hoped there wouldn't be a storm, because that might mean an electrical failure, and an electrical failure would bring back the shadows that haunted him and, when they were feeling playful, wore his face and used his voice for their games.
"Stop with this sh*t," he hissed, then covered his mouth with one hand, looking bashful. The girl's eyes blinked occasionally but were otherwise fixed on nothing.
Penelope responded to little but there was vibrant inner life no one else saw, secrets and talents that were being slowly siphoned away.
Even in her current condition she had an unmistakable elegance; sharp cheekbones, full lips, a pert nose and a high forehead, which was currently furrowed with the stress of faraway places. Concealed beneath a long-sleeved blue plaid blouse, her scars could be pushed from awareness. She hadn't hurt herself in a long time. He wondered why she ever had.
If not for the disordered state of her mind, she looked to be someone who would do well in life; sensitive and creative, no doubt destined to find love and success and brighten the spaces she moved through.
Due to patient confidentiality the doctors told him little about her past, so he relied on overheard conversation and what had been slowly gleaned in the time he'd spent caring for her. Her mother had passed away not long before Penelope ended up at Sunnygrove. Obviously she hadn't fared well; falling grades in school, dislocation from friends and social interaction, and eventually, from reality itself.
Severe depression over her mother's death, doctors said, had been the cause of this withdrawal, but Skip was unconvinced. He had seen people who'd done this prior to the loss of a loved one, but it was usually temporary and if it persisted, there were other deeper factors involved.
You're not a doctor though, he reminded himself. God knows what other kinds of craziness is going through this poor kid's head. Trauma or grief can often be a trigger for such things.
He had been working here for five months and during that time Penelope had gone rapidly downhill.
Something else had driven her deeper into her shell, something unspeakable. He didn't know much about psychology in its official, textbook sense, but he knew people, and people only hid from the world when they had no choice, when they were too traumatized to face it. Her mother's death would have been devastating, but that didn't explain this sort of shock, fear. She even went through a period where she was terrified to take a shower for fear that "things in the pipes" would devour her.
One thing he was beginning to notice was that all the patients had scores of strange stories relating to the hospital itself, just as much if not more so than their own personal delusions. He wasn't exactly surprised, but what interested him was that all the stories were eerily similar, even across wards.
"This hospital is infested with monsters," an older gentleman named Lloyd Morris in the Disturbed ward had informed him. "There are holes in the walls, in the ceilings and floors, like the holes in everyone's minds. That's where they come from. From the inside, you know?"
Skip was a rational person. Lloyd was an irrational person. That's why he was here, after all. So why was he thinking about what he'd said so much?
Before, Penelope had talked occasionally. Her dialogue was alternately eloquent and childlike, but always flavored with that Southern accent, softened with a lisp. She also made brief but precious eye contact and drew pictures at the desk in her room, usually happy ones, though as time went on they became progressively darker.
She was actually quite good, able to replicate objects and scenery with a large degree of success, though she appeared to struggle with figures.
One of her most recent drawings disturbed him. It was on simple sketch paper but the subject had been rendered with obsessive detail; a sinister-looking black and gray spider, legs splayed to take up the entire page, a huge pair of viselike jaws opened wide. She'd done it in colored pencil and charcoal, smearing it all over her hands and the desk, bearing down so hard it had ripped holes in the paper.
A web had also been drawn behind it, spiraling chaotically around a small, cocooned figure apparently about to be eaten by the spider.
When asked about it Penelope burst into tears. "This is him! He did this to me! I saw him in the between-place! The between-place is where I go, where I dream, but he came and...he screwed it all up!" Skip had asked her who "he" was but she just kept sobbing, mumbling about spiders and flies and caverns and dead people, so he hugged her, holding her until she stopped crying.
After that point she drifted even farther away, hour by hour, day by day, week by week.
If they didn't patiently urge her out of bed every morning she would keep lying there.
If they didn't feed her, the girl would refuse to eat. She had been losing weight and he desperately hoped it didn't ever get bad enough where they would have to force-feed her.
Skip saw a lot of patients during his shift, and many of them were difficult to deal with, combative and violent. But with this one, the sheer passivity made him sick to his stomach.
Catatonic people weren't always so docile. Sometimes they'd be in a state known as "catatonic excitement" stricken with constant, purposeless, even violent movement, oblivious to any attempts to calm them. One thirteen year old boy who came here for catatonic schizophrenia would either run back and forth across the room and mindlessly knock over anything and everything, or just sit on the floor and bob his head up and down as if dancing to some tune no one else could hear.
I wish I could make it stop, just take it away from her, from all of them. They deserve peace.
He suspected she was an abuse case, either physical or emotional or...worse. He'd met people who had gone through that, who had been unable to cope, and though none of them surrendered to unreality as much as Penelope, their behavior told a lot. Too much.
When before there had been words and the promise of burgeoning brilliance, now there were only subtle cues; wordless sounds in the back of her throat, occasional facial expressions, squeezing your hand when you took it.
She loved flowers and when patients were allowed out, used to enjoy picking some from the garden to put them in plastic vases and baskets. Irises, daisies, tulips, and roses were her favorites.
Now she rarely went outside, especially not to the garden.
During his break time Skip had gotten into the habit of picking flowers and putting them on her desk and night stand. When they wilted, new ones would be brought in. Maybe it was a lost cause and maybe she was too far gone to notice, but he did it, anyway.
Skip didn't yet have a daughter of his own but protective instincts stirred in him. Here she was, all alone in this nuthouse, seemingly with no friends or family, or at least none that would come to visit. So as much as possible he checked in on her, spoke to her, commenting on how wonderful the flowers were and how she should keep drawing pictures, and though Penelope never said anything back, he knew she was listening.
As Skip shifted his attention from the window to the reflection in Penelope's haunted eyes, Tiffany came in, rolling a a breakfast cart.
"Hey, Tiff. How's your morning going?" He turned around in his chair to face the nurse, smiling.
"Good." Though she smiled back, her stare was empty, her manner distracted. That usually sleek bobbed hairstyle was mussed as if she'd forgotten to comb it.
"You sure?" he asked, and Tiffany seemed unfazed by his concern; detached, as if she too had discovered a world on the inside that had proven to be more hospitable than this one. Or perhaps it was the opposite; the world she'd found was so nightmarish that sleeping became an afterthought. There were bags under her eyes, and she moved sluggishly, as if barely holding herself up.
"Don't take this the wrong way, but you look kind of rough." Skip said.
"I'm fine," she insisted, wheeling the breakfast cart next to the bed and glancing briefly at Penelope. "Just a little tired."
"More like a lot tired," he disagreed. "You put in extra hours last night?"
"I guess you could say that."
Without another word, she turned on her heels and left the room.
Did this place change everyone? Skip debated on calling the nurse back, but what could be said? All the fear and strangeness he knew his fellow staff members felt was unspoken, conveyed through meaningful stares and symbolism and just listening to Sunnygrove's monstrous heartbeat, which, after a while, became indistinguishable from the rhythm of your own.
Enough of this crap, said rationality, and Skip envisioned a stern-looking man with thinning gray hair, brown eyes, and an aura of authority despite his willowy appearance. In other words, his father.
You care way too much for your own or anyone else's good. It's all starting to get to you, Skipper. With all the stress and emotionalism, paranoia without fail begins to set in, and following that, sheer craziness. There's a reason hospital orderlies, especially in psycho wards, have such a high burnout rate. And there's only so much you can do for these people. You've already gone above and beyond the call of duty. Just get this over with and move on. Pay back the student loans, protect your own sanity, for god's sake, and get the hell out of Dodge.
But it would never be that easy. Until his patience ran out and his goals were reached, he couldn't bring himself to leave. As if he were a ghost, he felt like he had unfinished business here.
So, sitting in this gilded cage with yet another broken bird, Skip did his job; spooning blueberry oatmeal out of a bowl and, bit by bit, giving Penelope the daily nourishment she needed to fuel her body. But that wasn't the only thing you needed to survive. No, you needed hope.
The spider was apparently a symbolic representation of the man who had hurt her.
Thinking about it, he felt a hot, liquid rage that blurred his vision and made his heart skip beats. Suddenly he wanted to hurt this cruel stranger badly, but that wouldn't bring Penelope back to reality. The anger caught him off guard, even frightened him, as he had always been a gentle person who rarely sparred with anyone.
What made it so much worse was that there was no one to fight or punish or blame, and perhaps there never would be. Some things just were. Some people were just ill. But he didn't like it and he didn't accept it; he needed a reason; a tangible reason.
Though it was next to impossible to know how, Skip was stricken with the conviction that "the spider" was close. So close she resorted to the only method of protection she knew; retreating deeper and deeper into catatonia, dead but alive, awake but asleep, once shining brightly but now tarnished like rusted steel.
But at least she wasn't alone.
Professionalism aside, Skip now thought of himself as her protector, and though he couldn't undo what had been done, he could make this place seem like less of a bleak and lonely nightmare and more like a home. That was Sunnygrove's modus operandi, after all.
"Come on, Penelope. Finish a few more bites for me, okay?"
A ribbon of saliva oozed out of her parted mouth, and he wiped it away with a paper napkin.
Those opaque green-gray eyes, once determined but now transfixed by some horror only she could see. As if what lay behind these walls wasn't bad enough.
What have they done to you?
"Maybe today I'll go find some yellow roses, you know, to go alongside the red and white ones. You'd like that, wouldn't you?" he said, and fed her another spoonful of oatmeal, which she took mechanically, chewing for a moment before swallowing hard. "Will have to cut the thorns off to bring them in here, though. Wouldn't want to be responsible for any incidents."
He felt his eyes burning, threatening to tear up. Much like the random burst of rage, it was surprising, causing him to wonder if he really was cracking up. He looked toward the door, hoping someone wasn't watching or listening.
But Sunnygrove is always listening.
He shuddered, focused on the sunlight, on the spaces where shadows weren't.
But there is no true absence of darkness, Skipper, a cheerful thought reminded him. It's all around you, inside you, inside everyone. It'll be easier to just get used to it, accept it, because it'll be there for a long, long time.
"You need more irises, too. Purple irises. They're so exotic-looking, aren't they? Almost too pretty to be here, to be real. I'm sorry you can't walk in the garden anymore."
She was always just sitting there, like a doll. You could even pose her somewhere and she would remain in that same spot and position for hours, staring at nothing. They called that "waxy flexibility." Skip called it a f*cking tragedy.
She hadn't drawn anything since that spider, that god-awful spider which wasn't really a spider at all.
"My break's not till later, but I promise I'll go find you some more flowers, Penelope." His voice broke, and again he looked around to make sure no one was watching.
Skip's heart jumped when, just for a moment, her eyes swam into focus and locked with his, her expression not afraid or disconnected but quietly concerned, sympathetic.
She reached out to softly squeeze his hand.


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