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How To Apply Wonder Eyelid Tape
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As my twitter followers have probably heard, my husband had to go to the ER last night. He was in a ton of pain at about 10:40pm on his left side near the back. Not just pain, but so much pain that he was physically shaking and sweating. Pretty scary stuff. We got to the ER very quickly, just before 11, and hubs got an IV and CAT scan which was clear. He also got pain meds in his IV about 4 times which did nothing for his pain at all! I can't tell you how frustrating it is when your husband doesn't even want to talk or hold your hand because of the amount of pain he is in. Hours were passing, and the doctor told us he wanted hubs to stay overnight in the hospital. We moved into a hospital room at around 2:30am and after things were situated, I pushed together a few chairs and got a few hours of sleep around 3:45.
The doctor apparently gave hubs morphine which finally eased some of his pain for the first time at 5am. In the morning the doctor told us that it was probably a kidney stone that passed overnight, which are notorious for being extremely painful. It was missed by the CAT scan but they found blood in his urine sample. My poor baby. T.T We got home at around noon today, so our goal has just been to take it easy. Hubs is feeling much better, and I just really want to thank those who were supporting me last night.
OKAY so now that the drama is mostly over, I wanted to post up something I've been talking about for a while, Wonder Eyelid Tape by the Japanese company D-up. This has been my double eyelid crease-maker of choice lately because it is seriously very natural and doesn't take much makeup to look nice. The trick to this tape is that it is actually double-stick, sticky on both sides.
Here is my application tutorial:
It's very thin so I find it works best for those with thinner lids or those with more defined creases. I actually originally tried this out a year ago and I'm not sure if my technique was off then or my creases just didn't work well with the product, but I was quite frustrated with the results. The tape would come off within an hour and came off as soon as I applied eyeshadow. I can't say exactly what changed, but I decided to pick it up and try again a year later. This time, I was very pleasantly surprised. As long as I applied shadow before tape application and was very careful to place the tape without touching it, it would often last all day. In cases where it doesn't, it usually still sticks 80% which at least holds the crease. Compared to Eye Charm tape which doesn't hide itself at all because it only sticks on one side, it is quite an interesting change!
I will say that there are some pros and cons with Wonder Eyelid tapes.
* Crease is hidden and more natural-looking
* Able to wear less eye makeup
* No need to use eyeliner to "camouflage" tape
* Seems to hold crease better than traditional tape
* Lashes appear longer than with Eye Charm (probably because of less eyeliner)
* Can be difficult to get ahold of
* Price (about $17 USD for 1 pack vs. about $5 for 1 pack of Eyecharm)
* Can't apply makeup AFTER tape application or tape will become loose faster
* Eyes appear smaller than with Eye Charm
* Crease doesn't always stay "deep" since the tape is skinny
Overall, Wonder tapes win out over Eye Charm for daily looks due to its naturalness for me. I think I still prefer Eye Charm for really dramatic or smokey eyes since the tape is thicker and therefore has more "strength" to hold the skin below the crease up, causing a larger eye shape. (This may only make sense to monolidders!) But I do find that Wonder tapes have a tendency to create a semi-permanent crease more often than Eye Charm. I'll probably still use both depending on my mood and makeup type.
Since pics can often explain better than my words can, here are a ton of pics of Wonder Eyelid Tape (old and new versions) and also my application.
Old Version (Mild type) and New Version (Extra type)
Old version came with 40 pairs of tapes, 1 V-shaped applicator, and 2 oil cleansing removers
Tape packaging has greatly improved! There are now 60 pairs in each pack and it is much easier to remove from the backing.
Previous tapes had backing in 1 strip, but new version has the backing split in the middle for easy removal.
Instructions from the new packaging.
Pulling off second half of backing. First half was already pulled off.
Tape on the applicator
Now, here is my makeup process.
Clean eye, no makeup. Prime lids with eyeshadow primer first.
Next, apply shadows with pink on the lid, copper for the outer contour, and highlight the browbone. You could use NYX Flamingo, Almond, and Cream Cheese for these colors OR the top left well of the Stila Barbie Palette.
Apply MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack.
Here is my eye after the tape application, with curled and mascara'd lashes.
Aaaand my face.
You can buy Wonder Eyelid Tape with the new packaging from me at http://frmheadtotoe.bigcartel.com. I haven't seen a huge difference in efficacy between "Mild" and "Extra" type honestly, the tape backing is just more difficult to remove with the old packaging.
Okay, hope this THOROUGH and too-long review was helpful! As a disclaimer, I would love it if you guys could refrain from comments like "you look better with..." because, I mean, choosing JUST ONE WAY really isn't the point. Spreading the word about what's available so you can make your own decision is. ;)
Love you all!
44 comments
awww.. Hope your husband will get better!
My dad had kidney stones when i was younger, so i know it's quite a tough time to get through.
At least your husband has you by your side! : )wow grat blog! really descriptive. I used eyelid tape, the cheaper kind for years until I got my eyelid surgery. Luckily you have naturally big eyes so with the tape they look big and bright!
xoxocathy- AnonymousOctober 30, 2009 at 11:43 PM
i hope your husband feels better!
thanks so much for the wonder tape review! i've been waiting for this =D
is http://www.doubleeyelid.blogspot.com reliable? cuz i remember some person spamming a lot with the site(and if i remember correctly, there was ridiculous advice on getting natural crease), so i'm a bit skeptical :\ Tiffany: Thank you. If your dad had them, you understand how painful it is for them and how hard it is for everyone else around them to see them in so much pain. >.< At least he passed it instead of needing surgery!
glimmeringmetal: Thanks! Haha... my eyes aren't that big but the tapes do help. ;)
Anonymous: In my experience, they have been very reliable and I haven't personally seen them spam other sites. The tapes do help to get the most natural crease I've seen, so I think they are okay to trust. I've ordered from them twice and the only problem was one package bounced back to them and they resent it immediately.awesome. Thanks for the photos and the details. Great steps you posted. Ten years ago I used self-cut eyelid tapes a few times (and later gave up) but they didnt look as good as yours!
cool! Thanks for sharing!Oh wow, I've never actually thought about kidney stones but it sounds extremely scary. Glad your husband's feeling better! Must've been such a hectic/crazy night. :(
Anyways, this tape looks and sounds wonderrrful! SO natural. I can't even tell you have tape on! Now I shall go and try to get my hands on them :D Thanks so much for the detailed review, Jen!Anonymous: I recorded this video before I cut the bangs. My hair will be different lengths in posts for a while. ;)
Beauty Back: Oh yeah? My mom and aunts did the same thing back in the day too... They cut their own eyelid tape from scotch tape! You'd never know, they all have doubles now. I didn't even know until a few years ago. LOL.
daisy: It was pretty stressful! But things are getting better now. It felt so nice to sleep in my own bed. :DMy dad needed to get surgery to remove the "big" ones O_o My dad says he still has little ones.. but their small enough to get by..
It was a very gross situation when he got surgery >.<hey Jen,
I've been following your blog from the beginning way back when you recorded your video with the eyecharm eyelid tape (with the blue eyeshadow and the blue liquid eyeliner - it was like the first one).
And the reason why I started using my eyecharm tapes were because of your tutorial and your blog. I've been using them for about 9 months now and I have to say it has made one of the biggest change on my face that I've ever known. And i'm so addicted to these eyecharm tapes!
One thing that really frustrated me about these tapes was that it was so big and you could see it no matter how thick I made my eyeliner. Sometimes I would cover up the entire tape with my liquid eyeliner and it always ended up coming out too thick..
Anyways, I usually never comment and just lurk but I wanted to comment on this post because I really want to try these new ones that you tried. I think they look 10 times more natural than the eyecharm one and I would LOVE LOVE LOVE it if you started selling them. I actually trust you more than this random blogging person located in Singapore...
So please start selling them. I can't wait to try them!
<3 AnneWhat a great review! I am using Darkness eyelid glue, much better than eyecharm! Where do you buy eyecharm and wonder eyelid tape btw?
ReplyDelete- AnonymousOctober 31, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Thanks Jen!
Actually, I think it was another site that was spamming...oops LOL. Tiffany: Wow, I'm so sorry! I hope he has been getting better vs worse!
Anne: If/when I hear back from the company, I would love to sell them because I feel like I know what it's like personally, you know? I'll let you know when that happens. :)
Izumi: No problem. ;)
Kimie: I just buy Eye Charm locally. Would you want to buy a pack from me?
hi: I have darkness glue too that I use occasionally but it doesn't hold my crease all day and I can't wear eyeshadow with it. That's why I prefer wonder eyelid tapes!
Anonymous: Ah, that's good to know. I don't think this site would do something like that. ^^- AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 12:14 PM
thanks for doing the review on the eyetape! i have the mild one:(. but i still liek it, i was wondering where did you get the new one? :) -tia (:
ReplyDelete woo hoo for wonder eyelid tape!
I actually still have to wear them from time to time because my crease still goes away occasionally :X- AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Hi Jen!
This is my first time leaving you a comment, but I just wanted to say I love visiting your site, and I'm very thankful for all the tips and advice that you post =) I'm really grateful that I can now change my eyes from monolids to doublelids without getting the surgery (and I've been wanting that surgery for...ever lol) So thank you thank you =D
Anyways, I also wanted to write because I was thinking that if your hubby doesn't have a kidney stone, maybe it could be a urinary tract infection? If the infection gets bad, it would reach his kidneys and cause a lot of side/back pain. And it would also explain the blood in his urine, and why nothing showed up in the CAT scan. But then again, he should have shown symptoms earlier, so maybe it is just a passing stone. In any case, I hope he's doing better and hope he gets well soon. Take care! And please don't take down you blog until I get married so I'll know how to do my makeup lol ^.^ <3 - AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Oh, also, I wanted to ask..
when you remove eye tape, does your eyelid feel kind of raw where the tape was removed? or is that just me?
-jane - AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 8:28 PM
One more thing! (sorry...now I feel all comment happy =P) If he does have a UTI, he needs to get on antibiotics QUICK so the bacteria doesn't do damage to his kidney. And that should make the pain go away too. Okay, that's all =P
-jane :O Kidney stones hurt. >.< My uncle had them, and since we were in China at the time, they did some weird Chinese massage thing on him and it got better. I never forgot about that because I was like 6, and I thought it was the coolest thing how a massage made the pain disappear, LOL.
ReplyDeletei get so excited every time you have a new post. (haha, i'm not a stalker, just a loyal fan!!) love your make up looks and blog that much!
ReplyDeletei'm sorry to hear about your hubby jen, I hope he gets well soon. OMG those lid tapes look so natural - practically invisible! It sort of reminds me of eyelid glue only not as goopy. Thanks for the heads up, I'll try it out as well.. I wonder if they ship to the Middle East?
ReplyDelete- AnonymousNovember 12, 2009 at 7:25 AM
Hi Jen,
i've started following your blog after i bought some eyelid tapes from a random seller.
May i ask how do you actually keep your eye make up for long hours? i do understand that you are in the US and may not worry about the humidity. But right here in Sunny Singapore, its so hard to maintain a 'fresh' look after being out for a few hours. My eyeliner will usually smudge and makes me look like a panda after few hours outside.(btw,im a monolidder and uses the eye tape:p) T_T
How will you suggest to solve this problem?
Looking forward to hear from you! :)
W.Q hi ,my name is Ginger,and i live in Chicago,i really wanna buy this eyelid tape but i cannot find where to place my order,could you send me an email at email@example.com and tell the how can i buy it?thanks a lot!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletehi,I just received the eyelid tape today and I tried it at once:it's amazing!!!!!!The best eyelid tape I'v ever used!!!Thank you so much and I am sure I will keep using it!
btw:Thanks for sharing all those makeup tips with us,they'r very practical!!- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 6:57 AM
I've been reading your blogs recently, and I must say, I love your posts!!! And I never really knew much about this eyelid tape, I've seen them in stores, but I always thought they were scary..
You made it look so easy! Thanks for the tutorial. I have a question though, when I put eyeliner, my double eyelid seem to disappear, could I still make like a "triple" eyelid? Like, Park Bom, her eyelids seem bigger than others. Would that be possible with the tape? Hey guys, I AM selling wonder eyelid tape now so if you want to send me an e-mail at email@example.com I can send it out to you. :)
Anonymous: Park Bom actually had lid surgery so her crease is quite large. You could make your own crease higher (not triple, just moving the same crease up) with tape, or you could line your eyes thinner so it doesn't swallow up your lid.
Another Anonymous: Make sure you wear eyeshadow primer on your lids everyday, especially in humid conditions. Gel or liquid eyeliner will last much better than pencil, so I recommend something like MAC fluidline which can still give you the look of pencil without the smudging. Primer will actually help the tape to stay on all day as well since it absorbs your natural eyelid oils.hi jen, i tried to email you at your firstname.lastname@example.com address but i got an email saying that your account is disabled?
ReplyDeletehello, stumbled across your site and love all of your tutorials! I used to make my eye crease in high school, but instead of tape, i used eyelash adhesive glue-the kind that you could buy at CVS in the fake eyelash section. I have fat eyelids, so I wonder if my eyelids would be too powerful for the wonder tape. from your description it seems like it would be rather weak for me :P You're very pretty. :)
ReplyDelete- AnonymousJune 8, 2010 at 7:19 AM
I have just got some Wonder eyelid tape and I am having trouble putting them on. I have tried many times, and the sticker goes all dried and have to use a new pair, which is quite irritating.
When I isnert it on my lid, I either seem to have cases like one eye is bigger than the other or very occasionally, I have 3 lids? Am I positioning it incorrectly... It doesn't seem to come out that good, quite stange. Please may you give me a few suggestions/tips on why this has occurred.
Thank you. - AnonymousJune 21, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Hello !
I am kind of new to this eyelid tape trend. I was wondering if it would be ok if you used this product if you already have a double eyelid. You just want to enhance your eyelid more. :D thank you ! - deborahJuly 4, 2010 at 6:14 AM
Hi =)
I am european, so, I have two lids.
And, i would like to have a monolid, do you have a special tip for that? :)
thanks! - AnonymousJuly 18, 2010 at 7:43 PM
I was just wondering for your Wonder Eyelid Tape, how do you remove it at end of the day? Is there a proper way of removing it without stretching the eyelid, because I've heard overtime the eyes will begin to sag if the tape is not removed properly.
If it's possible, can you make a video showing HOW to REMOVE the Wonder Eyelid Tape?
I would really appreciate it, thanks! - kathrynAugust 16, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Hey Jen
Thank you so much for all your helpful reviews.
I've recently started using the wonder eyelid tape and it's great except it doesnt leave a very big crease. so I tried to use the eye charm tape but for some reason i can't get it to stick on my eyelid. its fine until i open my eyes and then it just sticks halfway while the other half kindof just dangles off. i was wondering if i was doing something wrong.any pointers? thank you~ Hi Jen! :] I am thinking about using Wonder Eyelid Tape. I heard that removing it incorrectly could cause drooping later on. What is the incorrect way and the correct way to removing the tape?
ReplyDelete- AnonymousNovember 1, 2010 at 2:08 PM
I would like to know , whether that's a meet-up format to purchase wonder eyelid tape? because i don't have a credit card to purchase it. I'm to young to get one too.
ReplyDelete Hi Jen,
I stumbled upon your site by accident and loved reading/watching your posts and youtube videos! I am also a wonder eye user myself and love that it looks a lot more natural than eyecharm or just plain ol' tape. My only issue is that when i put on makeup with the tape on, the tape gets quite loose in a few hours. Does that happen to you as well? How do you make it stay on all day? The last thing i want to worry about at work is whether or not my tape is falling off/showing.
Thanks! and keep posting! :)Hi Jen! I can't remember if I posted htis comment before... but how long haveyou been using the eyelid tape? Do you use it everyday? I'm wondering if using eyelid tape religiously for a year will create double eyelids.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousAugust 20, 2011 at 6:01 PM
Hi Jen!
Just wondering,
whether it's safe to use D-Up Wonder double eye lid tape everyday?
Question, do you wear em' everyday? Interested post. This is a good way on how to have a double eyelid, instead to go to an eyelid surgery.


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- Diagnose, treat, and monitor illnesses and injuries
- Order and interpret tests, such as lab work and x-rays
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- Counsel on preventive health and lifestyle practices
Nurse practitioners can work in primary care or specialty areas of medicine, such as emergency medicine, oncology, and psychiatry.
The path to becoming a NP usually begins with nursing school, followed by licensure. After a few years of work experience, they can apply to a master's or doctoral degree program in nursing, which generally consists of 1-2 years of school and a supervised internship. Most NPs are nationally certified in their specialty area.
Knowing When to Say When
While PAs and NPs can do many of a doctor's functions, an essential part of their training is knowing when to defer to a doctor. Exactly what a PA or NP can handle and what they pass onto the doctor varies greatly with training, experience, state law, and the supervising doctor's practice. Generally, a doctor handles patients with medical issues that are outside of the range of the assistant or nurse.
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners http://www.aanp.org
American Academy of Physician Assistants http://www.aapa.org
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Public Health Agency of Canada http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
About DOs. American Osteopathic Association website. Available at: http://www.osteopathic.org/osteopathic-health/about-dos/Pages/default.aspx. Accessed July 7, 2015.
Physician assistants. Bureau of Labor Statistics website. Available at: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physician-assistants.htm. Updated January 8, 2014. Accessed July 7, 2015.
What is a PA? American Academy of Physician Assistants website. Available at: https://www.aapa.org/What-is-a-PA/. Accessed July 7, 2015.
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MIAMI — The San Antonio Spurs left Miami last June looking so human, Tim Duncan nearly in tears talking about how close they were to another championship.
They don't look human now. They look like a machine.
Up 3-1 and shooting the ball at a level never seen in the NBA Finals, the Spurs headed home with a chance to wrap things up on Sunday night in Game 5.
The Miami Heat, who were able to deny the Spurs last year, have two days to figure out what can possibly be done to do it again.
"They're a high-oil machine and they move the ball extremely well," LeBron James said. "They put you in so many difficult positions. If you're not right on time, right on target, they're going to make you pay for it."
The Spurs won by 19 and 21 in the two games in Miami and are shooting 54.2 percent in the series. The NBA Finals record for a series of any length is 52.7 percent.
No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals, and the Heat were so thoroughly manhandled in Miami that the only reason to think they could be the first is what they did in the past.
Duncan said the memory of last season's loss — the pain that's driven the Spurs through this entire season — would "definitely come up" before Sunday.
"As I said, we know the caliber team they are, and we have a lot of respect for what they're able to do," Duncan said. "They're able to throw it another gear and they're going to do just that. They don't want this to be done."
Duncan probably meant "done" as in the series. Of course, it could also mean the era.
Two off days were sure to be filled by talk of the Heat's uncertain future, with James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all eligible for free agency. Might such a one-sided beating convince James he had to leave to find a better roster elsewhere? Make him more resolute in his desire to stay and get the Heat back on top?
The two-time champions have more urgent concerns now.
"Did we expect to come here and lose two the way we did at home? No way," Wade said. "But we also expect to go to San Antonio and put up a better effort and try to come out with another win. So we'll get away from it (Friday), but we'll still think about what we need to do to try to get another win to keep the series alive."
James simply acknowledged the obvious, that the Spurs were the better team, when they swept his Cleveland Cavaliers in 2007 for the last of their four NBA championships. But he wasn't supposed to be on the wrong side of the talent differential once he bolted for Miami, where the Heat would build a Big Three for this decade that would rival what San Antonio's did last decade.
But the Spurs go so far beyond Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili now. There's Kawhi Leonard, who followed his career-high, 29-point night in Game 3 with 20 points and 14 rebounds Thursday and has done no worse than battled James to a draw over the last two games.
Or Boris Diaw, who wasn't even in the starting lineup until Game 3 and had eight points, nine rebounds and nine assists in Game 4, serving as one of the catalysts for the Spurs' mesmerizing ball movement.
Individual players get hot all the time. The Spurs are on a team-wide hot streak.
"I just think we're playing Spurs basketball," Parker said. "We're just moving the ball and we're just playing the way we've been playing all season. We'd like to do a 'good to great,' the extra pass, and we preach that, and right now we're clicking."
It gets a little harder to keep that going when trying for that fourth win, the one the Spurs couldn't quite get last year, when even the real freewheeling teams tend to tighten up a bit.
"I mean, every closeout game is very difficult, for all the obvious reasons," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.
Especially if James delivers as so often when the Heat faced elimination, from his 45-point game in Boston in the 2012 Eastern Conference finals, to a triple-double against the Spurs in Game 6 last year, followed by 37 points in Game 7.
He may need to deliver something similar, or a championship reign could be over sooner than expected.
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Arshile Gorky: Goats on the Roof
Ed. Matthew Spender
With the massive retrospective at Tate Modern that finished in May, the life and work of Arshile Gorky (1904 – 1948) has never been more relevant. Being a seminal figure in the formation of Abstract Expressionism, Gorky laid the foundations for many artists to follow.
Arshile Gorky Goats on the Roof tells a very personal story of Gorky's life and career through personal letters, correspondence between friends and family, as well as reviews of his works. Matthew Spender's excellent compilation of these texts and decision to leave much of the correspondence in its original context presents an overwhelmingly personal account of the artist's life.
The book opens with a letter from Satenig Avedisian to Mina Metzger in 1949 after Gorky's suicide. It's a perfect starting point to tell the story of this extraordinary artist. The personal and intimate nature of this collection is a rare opportunity to understand Gorky. Almost like reading someone's diary, we are drawn into these accounts. Through the nature of this book, we are drawn to Gorky and compelled by his story. Spender's scholarly approach creates an informative and readable text.
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- Combination Homeopathic Remedy, containing Sodium salicylate, Ascaridole (Chenopodium), Conine (Conium), and Quinine
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Tinnitus is the technical term for ringing in the ear, although it may actually involve sounds better described as buzzing, roaring, or hissing. The noise can be intermittent or continuous and can vary in pitch and loudness. Most people have experienced tinnitus occasionally for a minute or two, perhaps in reaction to a loud sound. However, some people have tinnitus continuously, over long periods of time. It can range from a minor annoyance to a serious and nearly intolerable condition.
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The remedy Carbo vegetabilis is sometimes used for tinnitus accompanied by vertigo and nausea, especially when symptoms are most severe at night.
Chininum sulphuricum might be recommended for use by people whose tinnitus is extremely loud (to them).
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Enterprises need a storage solution that balances performance with features. Software-defined storage could be the answer.
June 19, 2013
The adoption of flash-based solid state disk (SSD) is well underway in the enterprise, and it is quickly becoming the go-to option for solving storage performance problems. For the most part, use of SSD has been limited to databases, VDI and Web 2.0 environments. Caching technologies have further helped adoption in the virtualized server market, but the reality of a pure solid state data center still seems far down the road. Software-defined storage may be the key to getting there.
As I've discussed in previous columns, software-defined storage removes storage controller functions such as volume management, RAID and snapshots from physical storage hardware and places it into either a standalone or a virtual appliance. This allows hardware from virtually any vendor to combine with a common set of services. Further, I believe that eventually we will get to a point where even the software components could be interchanged. Imagine mixing NAS capabilities from one vendor with block services from another, and object services from yet another.
It is the mixture of hardware -- and potentially, software -- that should be a catalyst for the growth of flash-based SSD appliances.
[ For more on software-defined storage, see Software-Defined Storage Vs. Traditional Storage Systems. ]
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Flash presents a challenge: There is virtually no latency, so adding any capability beyond the very basics can impact performance. That means that you can either build a lean and mean flash appliance with maximum performance but virtually no storage services, or a more enterprise-focused system loaded with features that drag performance.
The legacy vendors have struggled with this problem. While their flash-mixed systems deliver a performance improvement, they are not in the same league as dedicated flash appliances. At the same time, startups that can deliver maximum performance lack features that the enterprise may deem vital.
The Software-Defined Difference
Software-defined storage solves much of the performance problem for flash appliance vendors, enabling them to pair hardware with software to deliver the features enterprises need. If an enterprise uses an application that will be adversely impacted by the latency of a heavy storage feature set, then the appliance can be segmented, allocating a portion of its storage to that application and the rest to the software-defined architecture, for workloads less affected by extra latency.
Ideally, software-defined storage will mature to no longer be an all-or-nothing proposition. For example, suppose you want to leverage the replication or mirroring feature of an SDS solution, but not the thin provisioning and snapshots. You want to be able to make a lightweight version of SDS per storage device.
Enabling Server-Side SSD
Going further and potentially crossing into the hyperscale architectures is moving storage software and hardware into the servers themselves and essentially creating a convergence of compute, network and storage. Typically, software-defined solutions that run in this mode can then aggregate storage devices from all the servers into a single clustered file system. With 2.5" SSD now approaching 2 TBs in capacity, creating an all-flash, high-performance, high-capacity, converged environment by leveraging SDS is a reality.
Software-Defined Hardware Pricing
In either of these situations, common practice is to charge a premium for the hardware because the value-added software will go away. This is especially good news in the SSD market, where the percentage of markup can be prohibitive. In the server-side SDS model, the cost of a flash deployment could come down exponentially.
Software-Defined Flash
Software-defined storage does open up another can of worms: There has been a debate in the industry for some time over where and how flash management functions should take place. Should they run as software, potentially on the server host, or as hardware via a FPGA (field programmable gate array) or as a piece of silicon? We'll dive into this topic in my next column.
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BOSTON (AP) — Matthew Nash's grandfather only mentioned the photographs to him once.
Twenty-five-years later, they are the subject of a new documentary on the Holocaust that Nash spent three years making after finding the pictures his grandfather took while serving as an Army medic in World War II.
Kept hidden from Nash and others in the family, the photos were not something Nash's grandfather seemed to want to talk about with relatives. But they were something he could never forget.
Nash's film — "16 Photographs at Ohrdruf" — tells of the first concentration camp that U.S. soldiers liberated in 1945.
The 72-minute film will have its first public screening Thursday evening at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass., and also will be shown as part of the Boston International Film Festival on April 16 and the G.I. Film Festival in Washington in May.
The summer he was 12, Nash asked about his grandfather's World War II service as the two were stacking wood in his grandparents' barn in East Dorset, Vt.
"As I recall he got really quiet," said Nash, now a 37-year-old photography professor at Lesley University. "I think he just said, 'Yeah, we saw some really terrible things. When you get a little older, I'll show you some pictures and you'll understand.'"
But Donald Grant Johnson, a former Army lieutenant, died in 1991 without sharing the photos with his grandson. Family members only spoke of the pictures in whispers.
When Nash's grandmother threatened to destroy them when the subject came up at Thanksgiving dinner in 1995, Nash and his sister felt compelled to secretly sift through their late grandfather's belongings the following Christmas. That's when they found an envelope marked "Holocaust" tucked away in a wooden trunk. Inside were a few letters and a series of snapshots of a war horror the 23-year-old Johnson encountered as a soldier in April 1945.
Johnson took most of the photos at Ohrdruf in Germany. Nash believes his grandfather may have treated survivors of the camp, which the Germans had formed as a sub-camp of Buchenwald.
On a personalized sheet of notepaper with "Don Johnson" printed at the top, the 65th Infantry Division Army veteran cataloged the photo collection as best he could.
"Lime Pit — effort to destroy bodies," reads one handwritten caption. "Griddle used in (vain) attempt to incinerate bodies — note skull bottom center," reads another. "Small stack of bodies," says yet another.
Soldiers are on the outskirts of some of Johnson's shots, standing together to view piles of emaciated and burned corpses. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted many witnesses to the Nazi atrocity so that reports of it couldn't be dismissed as propaganda.
"He had as many units as possible come and see the camp," said Geoffrey Megargee, a scholar from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum who appears in Nash's film.
Johnson likely came to Ohrdruf within a few days of its liberation. He later returned home to become a banker, National Guard soldier, and a volunteer emergency-medical technician.
Some of Johnson's photos show survivors, including what he described as a survivor being treated by two camp doctors. The skeletal-looking man is lying on a cot, with what appears to be an open wound on his hip, as the men stand beside him. In another, a bare-chested boy of about 14 looks toward the camera, with what appears to be prisoner barracks in the background.
Nash found 19 photos in all and used 16 in his film. His research showed his grandfather may have shot a few of the photos at Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.
The professor also discovered from letters his grandfather packed away with the pictures that he had wanted his photographs to become part of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. He said in one letter that he had visited more than one concentration camp, but Ohrdruf was engraved in his memory.
"I keep the pictures close at hand and have made a point of looking at them frequently," Johnson wrote. "And, during my years of National Guard service, I made a point of showing them to the personnel, hoping we could prevent any such disasters from happening again."
Johnson died two years before the museum opened, and before he sent the pictures. Nash has since given the photos to the museum for its archives, and said he's proud to have done that for his grandfather.
Nash made the documentary with about $5,000 and the help of friends in the film business.
Among film interviewees, Nash talked to veterans who served in the same infantry division as his grandfather, including Boston resident Edwin "Bud" Waite. The 87-year-old was an infantry soldier who wasn't part of liberating concentration camps, but visited Dachau later. He said he sees value in Nash's film effort.
"I think it's very important because the younger people nowadays, they don't really understand concentration camps back in World War II," Waite said.
Megargee, who will give a lecture before Thursday's screening, said Nash's film opens up a personal window into what the Allies were fighting against in World War II.
"When you can personalize the history, especially for younger kids, it helps to get them interested. It's one thing to talk about tens of thousands of camps. It's another thing to bring it down to the level of one American soldier," he said.


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To complete my steak in green peppercorn sauce meal I needed only one more thing, something green. I like to try to include green vegetables in my meals whenever possible. Green beans are still readily available at the farmers market and I wanted to do something with them. I remembered seeing a recipe for green beans in parmesan and sage breadcrumbs that sounded nice. I did not have the sage on hand so I decided to use the thyme that I did have. The green beans in parmesan bread crumbs were really easy to make and took very little effort. The toasted parmesan bread crumbs were really tasty and provided a nice crunchy texture to the green beans.
Green Beans with Parmesan Bread Crumbs
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 tablespoon thyme (chopped, or sage)
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano (grated)
- 1 pound green beans (trimmed, steamed)
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add garlic and thyme and saute until fragrant, about one minute.
- Add the breadcrumbs and parmigiano reggiano and saute until golden brown and toasted.
- Remove from heat and toss with the steamed green beans.


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Instead of staying on until his retirement in October, it was reported this morning that Florida A&M University President James Ammons' resignation will be effective immediately.
According to The Tallahassee Democrat, "the board [of trustees] waived the 90-day notice requirement in Ammons' contract, meaning his five-year term as president is effectively over. Trustees also agreed to pay the two bonuses in Ammons' contract for the past two years. The trustees also are expected to name an interim president later today."
As Eyder wrote last Wednesday, it's the hazing scandal at Florida A&M that is costing Ammons his job:
"Robert Champion, an A&M drum major in the famed 'Marching 100' band, died in November after going through a violent hazing ritual on parked bus. Eleven marching band members have been charged."
Champion's parents last week added the university to a wrongful death lawsuit they have filed.
The student-run Famuan newspaper says that "Ammons and Board of Trustees Chairman Solomon Badger agreed last night to a quick 'transitioning out' that means he would give up his post at the top of the university and take outstanding bonuses on his way out."
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LONDON — Prince Harry's admission that he killed Taliban fighters while working as a helicopter gunner in Afghanistan drew intense British media coverage Tuesday and sparked concerns about possible reprisals.
The 28-year-old prince spoke in a pooled interview published late Monday after he was safely out of Afghanistan. He had spent the last 20 weeks deployed as a co-pilot and gunner in a heavily armed Apache attack helicopter.
AP Photo/ John Stillwell, Pool
In this photo taken Dec. 12, Britain's Prince Harry or just plain Captain Wales as he is known in the British Army, makes his early morning pre-flight checks on the flight-line, from Camp Bastion southern Afghanistan.
Asked if he had killed from the cockpit, the third-in-line to the British throne said: "Yeah, so, lots of people have."
The response was immediate Tuesday: The Daily Mirror tabloid ran a page-one headline "Royal Sensation Harry: I Killed Taliban" along with a photo of a macho-looking Harry in combat gear and designer shades.
Other newspapers ran similar gung-ho stories about the prince's military exploits. "Harry: I Have Killed" was the story in the Daily Mail.
Video shot during the prince's deployment was shown dozens of times on Britain's major news networks.
In Parliament on Tuesday, Defense Minister Mark Francois praised Harry, saying the prince should be commended for his bravery.
He "has done well for his country," Francois said, offering kind words for a prince who has occasionally embarrassed the royal family, most recently by being photographed naked as he played strip billiards at a Las Vegas hotel.
Many in Harry's family have also seen combat — most recently his uncle, Prince Andrew, who flew Royal Navy helicopters during the 1982 Falklands War. Prince Philip, his grandfather, served on Royal Navy battleships during World War II.
Not everyone was applauding the soldier-prince.
Lindsey German, leader of the Stop the War Coalition, called Harry's comments "arrogant and insensitive" and raised the prospect that Harry might have accidently targeted Afghan civilians.
Former officer Charles Heyman, who edits a yearbook on British forces, said the prince's words may raise the already high threat level against him.
"The royal family are all targets, and he now probably becomes the prime target, royal family-wise," Heyman said. "But he can live with that. He's a soldier, he knows what he's doing."
Heyman said it was commendable that Harry had undertaken such a dangerous and demanding military job.
"By and large, the world's elite make sure their sons and daughters go nowhere near the firing line. So it brings credit to the royal family, and it's good for army morale, that Harry's not sitting back in London saying, 'Well done, boys!'" he said.
Heyman said as an Apache gunner, Harry would have opened fire when directed to do so by a ground controller who would most likely have been under enemy fire. The prince typically would have been firing at Taliban forces in bunkers or protected in some way, not at troops out in the open, said the former officer.
"They would have been opening fire to relieve pressure on the ground, maybe even to rescue people on the ground," Heyman explained. "If he was using machine guns, there is no way he could say categorically he destroyed the target. But if he was using the Hellfire missiles against a bunker, he would be able to say categorically that he destroyed the target."
If there's a large explosion and no more enemy fire from the target area, the gunner can be "pretty sure" the enemy has been killed, Heyman said.
Col. Richard Kemp, a former British commander in Afghanistan, said the fevered press response to Harry's words reflected a certain naivety about the realities of war.
"He's flying an attack helicopter armed with missiles and machine guns, and its purpose is predominantly to come in and provide fire support for troops fighting the Taliban, so it would be very, very surprising if he didn't swoop in and kill," Kemp said.
He said Harry's tone was appropriate in the interview.
"I know it's a delicate subject, but I'm surprised by how much people have seized on what he said," Kemp said. "If he'd been bragging about killing, that would have been wrong, but he didn't brag about it."


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When Vibrant Food arrived in my mailbox a few weeks back I did a little jig. San Francisco writer and photographer Kimberley Hasselbrink has become a buddy of mine over the past couple of years - we've both been writing and shooting our first cookbooks, riding that roller coaster at the same time, and now here she is with her book in print. For real.
Kimberley's book is gorgeous. It's packed with stunning photographs and recipes with great flavor combos all organized by season, just the kind of food I like to cook. I got my copy of Vibrant Food right before we left for Greece. (Yes, I'm back in Greece with P, the kids, and my mom soaking up sun and family time before my own book hits stores August 19th.) I didn't have nearly enough time before we left to really dive in, play, and cook from Kimberley's book the way I wanted to, but I did get a chance to make her poached apricots a couple of times before we hit the road.
If you're an apricot fan, you like that tangy-sweet thing these beauties have going for them. Surprisingly, I've found that the tartness only intensifies when the fruit is cooked, so I like pairing the poached apricots with vanilla ice cream. The creamy sweetness of the ice cream mixes with the silky tartness of the apricot (flavored with just a hint of rose water, cardamom, and honey) in a really nice way. One of my favorite things about this recipe is the way the texture of apricot really changes during poaching... the fruit becomes tender and velvety.
Happy Summer everyone!
INGREDIENTS slightly adapted from Kimberley Hasselbrink's Vibrant Food
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- 8 ripe, but firm, apricots
- 2 cups tap water
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 tablespoon rose water (if you're not a fan of rose water you can leave it out)
- optional: vanilla ice cream
Bring water and honey to a boil in a medium saucepan (large enough to hold the apricots). Whisk occasionally to integrate the honey as it melts. When the liquid comes to a boil, add cardamom and rosewater. Whisk again to blend all ingredients, then add apricots to the poaching liquid. Simmer the fruit for 3-6 minutes, keeping in mind that a riper apricot will need less poaching time.
Use a slotted spoon to remove apricots from the pan. Set aside and simmer the poaching liquid until it reduces by half into a lovely syrup.
Serve apricots with vanilla ice cream with a drizzling of syrup. Easy and delish!


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FILE – In this Feb. 5, 2013 file photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans will take on the immigration issue in bite-size pieces, shunning pressure to act quickly and rejecting the comprehensive approach embraced in the Senate, Goodlatte said Thursday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some feisty Republicans are challenging a claim widely held among GOP leaders that the party must support more liberal immigration laws if it's to be more competitive in presidential elections.
These doubters say the Republican establishment has the political calculation backward. Immigration "reform," they say, will mean millions of new Democratic-leaning voters by granting citizenship to large numbers of Hispanic immigrants now living illegally in the United States.
The argument is dividing the party as it tries to reposition itself after losing the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections. It also could endanger President Barack Obama's bid for a legacy-building rewrite of the nation's problematic immigration laws.
Many conservatives "are scared to death" that the Republican Party "is committing suicide, that we're going to end up legalizing 9 million automatic Democrat voters," radio host Rush Limbaugh recently told Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a leader of the bipartisan team pushing an immigration overhaul.
Strategists in both parties say several factors, including income levels, would make many, and probably most, newly enfranchised immigrants pro-Democratic, at least for a time.
Rubio says the risk is worth taking.
"Every political movement, conservatism included, depends on the ability to convince people that do not agree with you now to agree with you in the future," he told Limbaugh.
Politically, Republicans face two bad options.
They can try to improve relations with existing Latino voters by backing a plan that seems likely to add many Democratic-leaning voters in the years ahead. Or they can stick with a status quo in which their presidential nominees are losing badly among the electorate's fastest-growing segment.
In 2012, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who suggested that vanishing job opportunities would prompt immigrants to "self deport," carried only 27 percent of the Hispanic vote. A Republican Party study of that election concluded, among other things, that the GOP must appeal to more Hispanics, and to do so it must "embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform."
Party leaders say the harsh language that some Republicans use when discussing illegal immigration has angered many Americans with Hispanic heritages.
Rubio's bipartisan group has proposed legislation to strengthen border security, allow tens of thousands of new high- and low-skilled workers into the country, require all employers to check their workers' legal status, and provide an eventual path to citizenship for some 11 million immigrants now in the country illegally.
Even if the bill survives the Democratic-controlled Senate, stiff resistance is expected in the GOP-dominated House. Many House Republicans dislike the idea of "amnesty" for those who crossed the border illegally, and some say it's foolish to enfranchise likely Democratic voters.
Obama embraces the Rubio plan, and it won crucial praise from House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., last year's vice presidential nominee.
Rubio and his allies challenge the notion that creating a way to citizenship for millions of people here illegally will dramatically increase Democratic turnout in future elections.
"Not all 11 million illegal immigrants here today will qualify to become citizens, and not all of the 11 million illegal immigrants are Hispanic," according to Rubio's "Myth vs. Fact" website. The site says many immigrants will not choose to become citizens, and many new citizens, like many current ones, will not bother to vote.
Some Republican campaign strategists, however, say the political damage would be worse than party leaders acknowledge.
Republican consultant and pollster Mike McKenna said one of his surveys shows that most Americans favor "immigration reform" and they believe it will benefit Democrats more than Republicans.
In an interview, McKenna said Republican leaders are embracing Rubio's plan without sufficient data on where it might lead. "I think about two months from now, the folks in the establishment are going to wish they hadn't started this conversation," McKenna said.
Party leaders erred, he said, by couching the immigration debate in political rather than moral terms. "The argument that it's going to be politically advantageous is not going to be sustainable over time," McKenna said.
Political activists have swapped estimates of how many people now living here illegally might choose to become citizens, register to vote and turn out for Democratic candidates if a path to citizenship is opened. Even the most conservative guesses assume that Democrats would benefit more than Republicans, initially, at least.
Rubio's allies play it down.
"The status quo is not acceptable to Republican voters," said GOP consultant Kevin Madden, who has worked for Romney and others. Republican leaders, he said, must push for the best rewrite of immigration laws they can achieve.
Texas-based GOP consultant Matt Mackowiak noted that evangelical leaders, major business groups and others that opposed immigration changes in 2007 are now on board. He said the Republican Party should focus on attracting Hispanic voters with its standard message of small government and free enterprise, and not worry too much if a new law produces more Democratic-leaning voters for a while.
"If we don't win 40 to 45 percent of Hispanics," Mackowiak said, "we're not going to win elections regardless of whether this happens."
Limbaugh is among those who don't buy it.
"I see polling data again that suggests that 70 percent of the Hispanic population in the country believes that government is the primary source of prosperity," he told Rubio in their recent exchange. "I don't, therefore, understand this contention that Hispanics are conservatives-in-waiting."


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The recipes in these books are written with metric measurements by weight, and rather than doing conversions I used my kitchen scale set to grams. Now that I have that scale, I don't know how I lived without it for so long. I did need some help in converting the Celsius oven temperature to Fahrenheit, and for that I used my handy Food Lover's Companion. This simple cookie bar started with a shortbread base. Interestingly, the shortbread ingredients included some corn flour which I luckily had in my bin of random flours. Other than that, it was a straightforward shortbread recipe with butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and vanilla. This was pressed into the bottom of an eight-inch square pan and chilled while the topping was made. The topping was made by melting butter with sugar, vanilla, a little milk, and sliced almonds. The chilled shortbread in the pan was topped with a layer of what was supposed to have been raspberry jam but in this case was black currant jelly, and then the topping was poured over it. This went into the oven for 30 minutes and smelled fantastic as it baked.
I let the pan cool and then placed it in the refrigerator to make it easier to cut into bars. This is a rare time when I think I will enjoy a cookie-type item better in its chilled state. The jelly layer is delicious when cold, and the topping and shortbread can do no wrong at any temperature. I would try to go on and on about the crunchy, nutty top, the fruity, sweet middle, and buttery, rich foundation of it all, but I'm running back to the kitchen to eat another one instead.
Since the book is not available, and I had a request for the recipe, I'm including it below.
Benedict Bar
First prepare the shortbread crust:
150 g unsalted butter
225 g plain flour (All purpose flour)
4 T corn flour
1/2 t baking powder
125 caster sugar (granulated sugar) + more for sprinkling into pan
1/4 t sea salt
1 t vanilla extract
-spray a 24 x 20cm (I used an eight inch square pan, but slightly larger would also work) with cooking spray and sprinkle with sugar
-dice the butter straight from the refrigerator into a mixing bowl and leave to soften for 30 minutes; sift the flour, cornflour, and baking powder on top, then add the sugar, salt, and vanilla; rub together between your fingertips until the mixtures begins to cohere (Or, place in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix with the paddle attachment until it resembles breadcrumbs.)
-press into the prepared pan and chill in the refrigerator while making the topping
100g unsalted butter
60g caster sugar (granulated sugar)
1 t vanilla extract
200g flaked almonds
3 T milk
raspberry jam (or blackcurrant jelly or whatever jam or jelly you have)
-preheat oven to 180 degrees C or 350 degrees F [Here's a handy conversion tool: http://www.metric-conversions.org/temperature/celsius-to-fahrenheit.htm]
- put butter, sugar, vanilla, almonds, and milk in a small saucepan over low heat, and warm until the butter melts; remove from heat and allow to cool
-remove shortbread from refrigerator and spread a layer of jam on top; pour cooled, melted butter mixture over top; bake for 25 to 30 minutes and then allow to cool on a rack; chill in the refrigerator for one hour to make cutting easier


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For all their nostalgia, boardwalks are still a major economic engine for shoreline communities in New Jersey and New York. Tourists and residents alike spend their money on food and drinks there, or on games of skee ball or balloon darts to win a stuffed animal. So weeks after Superstorm Sandy, towns are racing to rebuild their boardwalks by May, for reasons both sentimental and financial.
They will need the tourism money this summer more than ever as they try to rebuild homes and other infrastructure. The expensive efforts are forcing decisions not only about how much to spend, but also whether to rebuild with environmentally sensitive wood or more durable materials.
The destruction in Seaside Heights has become emblematic of the storm because of a roller coaster that plunged into the ocean. Yet Sandy also destroyed the boardwalk where families eat belly-busting foods like zeppoles - fried dough laden with powdered sugar - and where Snooki and company partied their way through the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore.
Mayor Bill Akers said 75 percent of his town's budget comes from tourism, with the remaining 25 percent raised from local taxpayers.
"You can see how important it is for us to get the boardwalk back up and running, and to make sure we have a summer season," he said. "It's something we have to get done."
Seaside Heights, like several other Jersey shore towns, is soliciting bids to rebuild its boardwalk; Akers estimated it will take $10 million to $12 million. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse towns for 75 percent of those costs, but local governments first must front all the money themselves, forcing many to borrow in the short or long term.
In these towns, even in the many non-commercial sections where boardwalks are merely a non-sandy way to get from here to there, not having one is not an option.
Terri Bissell moved to Seaside Heights 15 years ago after visiting it each summer for decades. Her parents started vacationing there 70 years ago.
"It was like heaven, coming down here to the boardwalk," she said. "It was our own little piece of heaven; that's why we bought here. The kids are so happy when they're on that boardwalk. Parents are always dying to bring their kids someplace to keep them busy; the Seaside Heights boardwalk has always been that place."
To the north, Belmar has approved the largest boardwalk rebuilding project so far in the aftermath of the storm, committing $20 million to rebuild its 1.3-mile boardwalk and haul away the remnants of the old one. It is also considering erecting a steel sea wall to be buried under sand dunes to help protect the boardwalk and homes and businesses.
"The beach and the boardwalk go together," said Mayor Matthew Doherty. "It's who we are; it's part of our identity."
Yet identity only goes so far in shore towns' calculus. Money is a bigger factor.
"If there's no boardwalk, people aren't going to come this summer," Doherty said. "They'll go somewhere else, and if they like it there, they won't be back here. We want to be the first in the race to get things started for the summer."
A 20-foot chunk of boardwalk is all that remains in Belmar, for one reason. It was an experimental section, bolted to underpinnings with the same hurricane tie-down straps that many home builders use to bind homes to their foundations. The entire new Belmar boardwalk will be built this way, Doherty said.
Other Jersey shore towns including Sea Girt, Asbury Park and Point Pleasant Beach are moving forward with boardwalk rebuilding plans; Spring Lake has to rebuild its boardwalk little more than a year after Tropical Storm Irene wrecked half the old one. New York state parks, including the popular Jones Beach, also are starting to rebuild.
"We've engaged a contractor to go in and begin repairing it and experiment with some techniques as they go along," said Ron Foley, Long Island regional director for the New York state parks. "The boardwalk damage at Jones Beach was different. The wave action at some places got underneath the boardwalk. They lifted it right up, including the pilings driven into the sand, gave it a roller coaster effect."
The destruction of late October's Superstorm Sandy will likely result in some changes along the shoreline, with more wooden walkways giving way to concrete or synthetic materials. "Under the Polymerwalk" might not have the same ring to it as The Drifters' 1960s hit "Under The Boardwalk," but in some places there will no longer be boards in the boardwalk.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided wooden boardwalks simply can't cut it anymore. City parks officials say concrete sections of boardwalk in Queens' Rockaways and Brooklyn's Coney Island held up much better in the storm. And the mayor has long wanted to move away from the tropical hardwoods, harvested from endangered rainforests, that were used to build many boardwalks.
That is an issue Tim Keating, director of Rainforest Relief, has been working on for years. He says coastal communities will be under pressure to quickly rebuild but urges them to resist the temptation to use tropical rainforest wood such as ipe, which is cheaper than synthetic materials and popular for its durability. Belmar is considering ipe for its boardwalk reconstruction.
Keating says durable synthetic materials are the best choice for boardwalks; Belmar, Spring Lake, Point Pleasant Beach and other places already used it.
Manasquan, N.J., for decades has paved its beachfront walkway with asphalt. Yet that, too, gets trashed by major storms. A 1992 nor'easter smashed large sections of it, and Sandy wrecked about half of it.
Wooden boardwalks have staunch defenders, who say nothing else looks, feels or even smells quite like a true wooden boardwalk. A group from Coney Island called Friends of the Boardwalk sued last year to block a New York City plan to replace wooden boardwalks with concrete and plastic.
Todd Dobrin, the group's leader, isn't convinced concrete will withstand a storm any better than wood.
"When hurricanes come through, they don't ask whether it's concrete or wood," he said. "They destroy whatever is in their path."
Doherty, the Belmar mayor, is confident his boardwalk will be replaced before Memorial Day brings its own set of worries.
"If we rebuild this boardwalk, we'll have plenty of tourists," he said. "And then people will be complaining about parking."
___Associated Press writer Karen Matthews in New York contributed to this report.