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Is this any cooler than most memory foam mattresses?
Not too soft - not too hard - had a great night of sleep....
ITEM#: 14505126Awake each morning feeling rejuvenated with this Slumber Solutions gel memory foam mattress. The density foam conforms to your body to relieve pressure points, helping to prevent stiff muscles, and the queen-size mattress never needs turning. The versatile mattress works with any traditional box spring or foundation so no special accessories are needed.
- Cover is tailored using a combination of a knit floral jacquard top fabric featuring a waterfall edge and decorative cording, faux suede side panel, and non-slip bottom
- 8 inches of luxurious foam combine to create the mattress, with a 2-inch layer of unique 4-pound density Gel Memory Foam supported by a 6-inch base foam
- Density: 4 pounds
- Sleep-one-side design never needs turning
- An ideal sleep surface, memory foam eliminates uncomfortable pressure points and motion transfer
- Can be used with any conventional box spring or platform foundation
- Dimensions: 59 inches wide x 79.5 inches long
- This mattress meets all the requirements of the federally mandated regulations regulated by the Consumer Products Safety Commission, Part 16, CFR 1632 and 1633
- Care instructions: Spot clean
Memory Foam Tips:
- To maximize memory foam expansion; remove from packaging within 72 hours of receipt.
- Product arrives very tightly packed. Unwrap and allow 48 hours for product to return to its original shape.
- Being sealed in plastic packaging sometimes traps odors. A few hours of airing usually removes the odor.
- Due to machine cutting manufacturing processes, there may be slight variances in the dimensions of this product.
Due to the nature of Memory Foam the firmness level of every item is unique. Please be advised that even similar products may produce different firmness results
Once opened this product is non-returnable.
|Mattress Type
|Gel Memory Foam Memory Foam
|8 Inch
|Memory Foam Type
|Foam Gel Memory Foam Memory Foam
|4 Pound
|Mattress Top
|Recommended Foundation Type
|Bed Slats Box Spring Platform
|79.5 x 59 x 8
|20 year Limited Manufacturer
|Memory Foam
|Model Number
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Side sleeper
Not too soft - not too hard - had a great night of sleep.Read More
Great mattress as long as you use a box spring
So I'm new to memory foam mattresses, and I made the mistake of not buying a box spring (I have a platform bed. This mattress is AWESOME, however if you have a semi-bad back like me a box spring is a MUST. You will sleep like a new born baby, however you will wake up with crazy back pain. So all in all I recommend the mattress but I HIGHLY suggest you buy a box spring.Read More
good for guest room
The mattress is comfortable and i use it for the guest bed roomRead More
Quite softer than expected. Other than that, it fulfills the promises of a good mattress.Read More
Great mattress
Arrived rolled up, unfolded and took shape of a great mattress, hasn't lost any form or shape in over a year and a half. If it lasts another much I will consider a great buy.Read More
Comfortable, but...
Before ordering this mattress, I read all of the reviews and felt confident in my choice. One thing that I was a bit concerned about was how firm several of them said the mattress was, because I was buying this to replace a very firm innerspring mattress, so I didn't want to exchange one too-firm mattress for another. But, the reviews all said that it was comfortable, so I took the chance. Now, I am a large fellow, standing 6'2" and weighing 270#, so I am writing this review from that perspective. Take it for what it's worth. As I said, many of the reviews stated that the mattress was somewhat firmer than they were expecting, but for me, that has absolutely not been the case. Perhaps if I weighed 120#, that might be the true, but as large as I am, the mattress gives way instantly. If I am sitting up in bed reading a book, then my tailbone is touching the bed's foundation. If sitting on the edge of the bed tying my shoes, the mattress is bottomed out. I'm not saying that the mattress isn't comfortable, because it is...very much so. But, it is much more plush than I was expecting. When lying down so that my weight is evenly distributed, I am comfortable and feel supported, just not as much as I would like. Honestly, I wish that I had gotten a mattress whose foam was a bit denser or would have spent the extra money on the Slumber Solutions 11" mattress with the extra layer of gel. But, for the price I paid and with FREE shipping, I still feel that this was an incredible deal and I have no real regrets. If you're a large person like I am, you might want to look elsewhere if you are in need of a truly supportive mattress, but I would say that this is sufficient. As for the odor, it was a little strong at first but quickly disappeared withing a day or two.Read More
The most comfortable bed I've laid on.
It came on time & with the help of a knife I had it out in mins! I saw a few reviews about the smell but I barely noticed any residual plastic sent. I also saw that it takes 48 hrs to expand to full height requirement; so I put two fans next to it in hopes of speeding up the process. In minutes it measured out to a bit over 8in but I can see even more room to grow in the cover in the next 48. I decided to finally lay down & immediately knew it was the most comfortable bed I've laid upon. Soon to be the envy of all my friends. I've never had a decent bed let alone a gel memory foam. The most affordable of its kind that I was able to find & you can't beat the free shipping on your first purchase when it weighs out over 50lbs!Read More
GREAT night's sleep, the first night!!
I have been an owner of a soft sider water bed for the past 12+ years. I knew it was time to replace the mattress, but was not sure whether to get another water bed or go with something else. Living in a 120+ year old house, I was a little concerned about the additional weight of a water bed upstairs. Have been interested in the iComfort and Tempurpedic gel memory foam beds but couldn't justify the price. Found this gel memory foam mattress by accident. Decided to order it as the price was right. And the description was almost identical to the other expensive brands. I understand "you get what you pay for" is usually the standard....however, not in this case. I put the gel memory foam mattress inside the cover from the water bed, zipped it shut, and it fit perfectly, matches the box springs.. The very first night I slept on it, I fell right to sleep and didn't wake up stiff or sore...slept GREAT. It definitely is much firmer than the water bed, but after a few minutes, you sink into it and IT IS HEAVENLY! For once I made a good decision - sometimes 'cheaper' is BETTER!!Read More
Great Buy for those with back problems
I've never slept better. Laying on the mattress itself makes me want to doze off into a slumber. My significant other enjoys it as well ;)Read More
Loveee it
I'm a big guy so I was nervous about being only 8" but does the job perfect.Read More
Questions & Answers
Hello xsnrg, this will feel comparable to other memory foam options. Thank you for shopping with us!
I have a Bob's Discount furniture memory foam mattress and foundation. Will the lightweight foundation support this mattress or do I have to get something else? Thanks.
Hello noelf13, memory foam needs a firm foundation support. A platform bed or frame works best. Thanks for shopping with us!
Can you use a standard queen box spring with the mattress, set up on the standard Queen victorian bed frame? Please advise, as I understand you cannot return the mattress. Thanks, Lynne Bergeron
Hello lmbergeron, this mattress can be used with a box spring to support the mattress. As long as the box spring is a Queen size, it should work well with this mattress. I hope this info helps. Thanks for shopping with us!
what does the mattress weigh
Hello justme, this mattress has a ship weight of approximately 51 pounds. Thank you for shopping with us!
I'm worried about purchasing this product and it having a chemical smell. Has this issue been fixed recently?
Hello lindseytabasco, Memory foam is a hi-tech polyurethane foam, a material traditionally made from a range of chemicals, the use of those chemicals used in making memory foam, produce off gassing. New memory foam mattresses have this smell. Once the Slumber Solutions Gel Memory Foam 8-inch Queen-size Mattress is opened, you allow it to air out and the smell goes away naturally. The downside of memory foam, such as odor and heat, while legitimate concerns, can certainly vary and are not necessarily universal to all manufactures. Have a great day.
Mine did not smell at all.
Why did you choose this product?
Because i'm tired. Duh
My son wants a memory foam mattress and I trust Overstock to have good things.
I bought one for myself and LOVE IT! My son needs a new mattress and he loves mine so I bought one for him!
product material & size
Need matress for good support and to keep cool.
Good reviews for a good price. It also had lots of reviews with high ratings. Hopefully it is all the reviewers say it is!
a friend has a gel memory foam mattress and i LOVE it so trying this one out after reading good reviews on it.
The price and the gel memory foam
The Price
cheapest option and best reviews
Looking for an affordable comfortable bed to sleep on.
I wanted to try the cooling gel on a mattress. I wanted an 8 inch mattress instead of a much thicker one. The price was very good.
I purchased a slumber solutions mattress from overstock several years ago and it is really comfortable. The price on the other mattress was less but this one has the memory foam gel so felt it was worth the extra expense.
Price and favorable reviews
Because it has gel foam
I have another brand- I hope this is as good.
Great price!
Purchased this mattress 5 years ago for our trailer. Sold the trailer, bought a new trailer and now replacing the OEM mattress with another SS Gel memory foam mattress.
8in will work better for 82 yr old mother, changerd order from 10in
It looked like the best deal for the price and what our needs are
Can we use this with a metal steel frame?
Hello dalluvdara, this mattress will need a firm support, you can use a platform steel frame as long as it has slats or a solid support. An open metal frame will not provide the support needed. Thanks for shopping with us!
Product details say: "Meets all flammability standards". Does the foam/mattress manufacturer use Brominated flame retardant? Could you please specify what flame retardant is used in the manufacturing process.
Hello JM, thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately, the information you have requested is currently unavailable. You will receive an email notification once an answer is posted. Have a great day.
What is density of the 6-inch base foam? And what is the ILD rating of this mattress? Thanks, decision being made 02/03/15
Hello mercedes51, the density is approximately 1.8 and the ILD rating is 33. Have a great day!
Does this conform well for an adjustable bed?
Hello happyfiance, this is not designed for an adjustable bed. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for shopping with us!
Is the 6-inch base foam also 4-lb. density???
Hello mercedes51, the manufacturer of this bed currently does not make a 6 inch version of this.
If you need to move, can this mattress be refolded easily to fit in the car?
Hello ecrazyshopaholic, the mattress can be folded and fit in a car. I hope this helps. Shelia B
Has anyone placed this mattress directly on the floor and how is it?
Hello ecrazyshopaholic, you can use this mattress directly on the floor and still be comfy. Thank you for your question. Shelia B
How long does it take for the smell to go away? Are you allowed to sleep on the mattress within the first 48 hours? Thank you
I laid the mattress out in the middle of the floor 24 hours before I needed to use it and it had its shape and lost its smell within 4 hours, so? we could have slept on it that night. I had ordered a new bed as well and it arrived the next day, which was my plan and everything was ready to go when the bed arrived.
Hello pshelley, please unwrap and allow 48 hours for product to return to its original shape. A few hours of airing usually removes the odor. I hope this helps. Shelia B
Does this mattress come with a box spring?
Thank you for your question, tgellman. No, a box spring is not included with the Slumber Solutions Gel Memory Foam 8-inch Queen-size Mattress. Have a great day.
how many inches of gel
No way to tell without cutting open the mattress. However, the mattress is very comfortable but does emit a chemical odor.
Agree..VERY comfortable but STINKS! I had to put in in my camper.
Is this price for just a gel topper or is it for a mattress?
Its the whole thing, the gel is in the mattress. my parents,uncle,friends bought one and they love it. you aren't sore when you get up.
The gel is in the mattress. Agree with the other poster-very comfortable, but does have a chemical odor.
Could you tell me, other than the difference in the brand name, how does this mattress differ from a Savannah Evening Gel Memory Foam Mattress? I only ask because I've been able to TEST the support of the Savannah, but none of our retailers carry this product available.
We think that it is the same as the sorta one we saw in store
Hello knightgirl, unfortunately We do not carry a Savannah Evening Gel Memory Foam Mattress, and cannot comment on how the two compare. I apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for shopping with us.
The gel provides temp variance.
There are a lot of things to factor into a memory foam purchase. I recommend doing lots of research so that you are able to find a product that meets your specific needs. I also recommend THIS mattress in particular :]
Does this come with a box spring?
Does not come with a box spring.
No boxspring, but I would suggest using one!
No, must purchase one separately. Suggest a heavy duty one to hold the foam pad.
Is the cover of this mattress removable and washable?
Hello, candace51. Yes, the cover of this mattress is removable and washable. Thank you for shopping with us!
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42 U.S. Code § 8012 - Hope for elderly independence
(a) Purpose
The purpose of this section is to establish a demonstration program to test the effectiveness of combining housing certificates and vouchers with supportive services to assist frail elderly persons to continue to live independently. The demonstration program under this section shall terminate upon the expiration of the 5-year period determined by the Secretary.
(b) Housing assistance
In connection with this demonstration, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may enter into contracts with public housing agencies to provide not more than 1,500 incremental vouchers and certificates under sections 1437f (b) and 1437f (o) of this title. A public housing agency may not require that a frail elderly person live in a particular structure or unit, but the agency may restrict the program under this section to a geographic area, where necessary to ensure that the provision of supportive services is feasible. At the end of the demonstration period, the public housing agency shall give each frail elderly person the option to continue to receive assistance under the housing certificate or voucher program of the agency. In the demonstration, the Secretary may also provide for supportive services in connection with existing contracts for housing assistance under sections 1437f (b) and 1437f (o) of this title.
(c) Supportive services requirements and matching funding
(1) Federal, PHA and,1 individual contributions
The amount estimated by the public housing agency and approved by the Secretary as necessary to provide the supportive services for the demonstration period shall be funded as follows:
(B) The public housing agency shall ensure the provision of at least 50 percent from sources other than under this section.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each frail elderly person shall pay 10 percent of the costs of the supportive services that the person receives, except that a frail elderly person may not be required to pay an amount that exceeds 20 percent of the adjusted income (as the term is defined in section 1437a (b)(5) of this title) of such person and the Secretary shall provide for the waiver of the requirement to pay costs under this subparagraph for persons whose income is determined to be insufficient to provide for any payment.
(D) To the extent that the limitation under subparagraph (C) regarding the percentage of income frail elderly persons may pay for services will result in collected amounts for any public housing agency of less than 10 percent of the cost of providing the services, 50 percent of such remaining costs shall be provided by the public housing agency and 50 percent of such remaining costs shall be provided by the Secretary from amounts appropriated under this section.
(2) Provision of services for entire demonstration
Each public housing agency shall ensure that supportive services appropriate to the needs of the frail elderly persons to be served under this demonstration are provided throughout the demonstration period. Expenditures for supportive services need not be made in equal amounts for each year, but may vary depending on the needs of the frail elderly persons assisted under this section. A public housing agency may use up to 20 percent of the Federal assistance provided for supportive services in each year of this demonstration and any amounts from any prior year in which the public housing agency did not use 20 percent of the available Federal assistance.
(d) Applications
An application under this section shall be submitted by a public housing agency in such form and in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary shall establish. The Secretary shall require that an application contain at a minimum—
(1) an application for housing assistance under section 1437f of this title, if necessary, and a description of any such assistance already made available that will be used in the demonstration;
(2) a description of the size and characteristics of the population of frail elderly persons and of their housing and supportive services needs;
(3) a description of the proposed method of determining whether a person qualifies as a frail elderly person (specifying any additional eligibility requirements proposed by the agency), and of selecting frail elderly persons to participate;
(4) a statement that the public housing agency will create a professional assessment committee or will work with another entity which will assist the public housing agency in identifying and providing only services that each frail elderly person needs to remain living independently;
(5) a description of the mechanisms for developing housing and supportive services plans for each person and for monitoring the person's progress in meeting that plan;
(7) a description of the supportive services the public housing agency proposes to make available for the frail elderly persons to be served, the estimated costs of such services, a description of the resources that are expected to be made available to cover the portion of the costs required by subsection (c)(1) of this section;
(8) assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the supportive services will be provided for the demonstration period;
(10) a description of how the public housing agency will ensure that the service providers are providing supportive services, at a reasonable cost, adequate to meet the needs of the persons to be served;
(11) a plan for continuing supportive services to frail elderly persons that continue to receive housing assistance under section 1437f of this title after the end of the demonstration period; and
(e) Selection
(1) Criteria
The Secretary shall establish selection criteria for a national competition for assistance under this section, which shall include—
(A) the ability of the public housing agency to develop and operate the proposed housing assistance and supportive services program;
(B) the need for a program providing both housing assistance and supportive services for frail elderly persons in the area to be served;
(E) the extent to which the program would meet the needs of the frail elderly persons proposed to be served by the program; and
(2) Consultation with HHS
In reviewing the applications, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to the supportive services aspects.
(f) Required agreements
The Secretary may not approve any assistance for any program under this section unless the public housing agency agrees—
(1) to operate the proposed program in accordance with the program requirements established by the Secretary;
(2) to conduct an ongoing assessment of the housing assistance and supportive services required by each frail elderly person participating in the program;
(3) to ensure the adequate provision of supportive services, at a reasonable cost, to each frail elderly person participating in the program; and
(g) Definitions
For purposes of this section:
(1) The term "demonstration period" means the 5-year period referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
(3) The term "frail elderly person" means an elderly person who is unable to perform at least 3 activities of daily living adopted by the Secretary for purposes of this program. Owners may establish additional eligibility requirements (acceptable to the Secretary) based on the standards in local supportive services programs.
(4) The term "professional assessment committee" means a group of at least 3 persons appointed by a public housing agency which shall include at least 1 qualified medical professional and other persons professionally competent to appraise the functional abilities of the frail elderly in relation to the performance of activities of daily living.
(5) The term "public housing agency" has the meaning given such term in section 1437a (b)(6) of this title. The term includes an Indian Housing Authority, as defined in section 1437a (b)(11) [2] of this title.
(7) The term "supportive services"—
(A) means assistance, that the Secretary determines—
(h) Multifamily project demonstration
(1) In general
In addition to the demonstration program authorized by the preceding provisions of this section, the Secretary shall conduct a demonstration in one Federal region, subject to the terms and conditions of this subsection, to determine the feasibility of using housing assistance under section 1437f of this title to assist elderly persons who may become frail to live independently in housing specifically designed for occupancy by such persons in sufficient proportion to achieve economies of scale in the provision of services and facilities.
(2) Section 1437f allocation
From amounts provided pursuant to subsection (j) of this section and subject to availability in appropriation Acts, the Secretary shall enter into a contract with a public housing agency to provide housing assistance under section 1437f (b) of this title to assist elderly persons in at least 75 percent of the units in a single housing project with more than 100 units.
(3) Section 1437f terms
The assistance payment contract under section 1437f of this title shall be attached to the structure and shall be in an initial term of 5 years. The contract shall (at the option of the public housing agency and subject to availability of amounts approved in appropriations Acts) be renewable for 3 additional 5-year terms. Rents for units in the project assisted pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the rent limitations in effect for the area under section 1437f of this title for projects for the elderly receiving loans under section 1701q of title 12.
(4) Supportive services
The Secretary shall allocate, for the project assisted pursuant to this subsection, a reasonable portion of the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization for funds for supportive services in subsection (k) of this section, based on the estimated number of project residents who will be frail elderly individuals during the 5-year period beginning on the date of initial occupancy of the project. Grants for supportive services may be used to assist any occupant in the demonstration project who is a frail elderly individual. Grants for supportive services under this subsection shall be subject to the other terms and conditions specified in this section.
(5) Applications
An application for assistance under this subsection may be submitted by any unit of general local government with a population under 50,000 and shall contain such information as the Secretary deems appropriate.
(6) Selection
The Secretary shall select one application for funding under this subsection based on the following criteria:
(C) The number of elderly persons living in adjacent projects to whom the services and facilities provided by the project would be available.
(D) The level of State and local contributions toward the cost of developing the project and of providing supportive services.
(i) Report
The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report evaluating the effectiveness of the demonstrations under this section. The report shall include a statement of the number of persons served, the types of services provided, the cost of providing such services, and any other information the Secretary considers appropriate in evaluating the demonstration.
(j) Section 1437f funding
The budget authority available under section 1437c (c) of this title for assistance under sections 1437f (b) and 1437f (o) of this title is authorized to be increased by $38,288,000 on or after October 1, 1992, and by $39,896,096 on or after October 1, 1993. The amounts made available under this subsection shall be used only in connection with the demonstration under this section.
(k) Funding for services
There are authorized to be appropriated for the Secretary to carry out the responsibilities for supportive services under the demonstrations under this section $10,000,000 to become available in fiscal year 1993, and $10,420,000 to become available in fiscal year 1994. Any such amounts appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.
(l) Implementation
Not later than the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date that funds authorized for the demonstrations under this section first become available for obligation, the Secretary shall by notice establish such requirements as may be necessary to carry out the demonstration programs authorized under this section.
[1] So in original. The comma probably should precede "and".
[2] See References in Text note below.
Source(Pub. L. 101–625, title VIII, § 803,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4317; Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 605,Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3806.)
References in Text
The Older Americans Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (d)(12), is Pub. L. 89–73, July 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 218, as amended. Title III of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 3021 et seq.) of chapter 35 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3001 of this title and Tables.
Section 1437a (b)(11) of this title, referred to in subsec. (g)(5), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–330, title V, § 501(b)(1)(D),Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4041, and a new section 1437a (b)(11), defining "public housing agency plan", was enacted by Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 506(4),Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2524.
Section was enacted as part of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and not as part of the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.
1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–550, § 605(c)(1), substituted "determined by the Secretary" for "beginning on November 28, 1990".
Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 102–550, § 605(c)(2), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "The term 'demonstration period' means the period beginning on November 28, 1990, and ending upon the termination date under subsection (a) of this section."
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 102–550, § 605(a), amended subsec. (j) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (j) read as follows: "The Secretary may provide assistance under sections 1437f (b) and 1437f (o) of this title in connection with the demonstrations under this section, in an amount not to exceed $34,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, and $35,500,000 for fiscal year 1992, subject to the approval of sufficient amounts in appropriations Acts under section 1437c of this title."
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 102–550, § 605(b), amended subsec. (k) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (k) read as follows: "There are authorized to be appropriated for the Secretary to carry out the responsibilities for supportive services under the demonstrations under this section, $10,000,000 to become available in fiscal year 1991, and $10,400,000 to become available in fiscal year 1992, and remain available until expended."
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Camel caravans transport goods in Mali. / Howard G. Buffett/Special to the Register
�Forty Chances�
A photo show is on long-term display at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates at 100 Locust St. Admission is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. most Tuesdays and Saturdays. For holiday closures, including the week of Thanksgiving, check the website at www.worldfoodprize.org.
Each of us gets about 40 chances to accomplish our goals in life.
At least, that�s how Howard G. Buffett figured it after someone once told him that over the course of their working lives, most farmers get about 40 growing seasons, 40 chances to improve on every harvest.
Buffett is the oldest of Omaha billionaire Warren Buffett�s three kids, and he farms 1,200 acres in central Illinois. He also runs a charitable foundation, which has given away more than $500 million to alleviate hunger. The work has taken him to some 130 countries around the world, and he often pulls out his camera to photograph the folks he meets along the way.
More than 120 of those photos � some happy, some haunting � are now on long-term display in �40 Chances� at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates. The show opened to the public on Saturday and explains the World Food Prize mission in a way that words cannot.
WFP Foundation President Kenneth Quinn helped arrange the exhibition and explained it this way: �You know, I worked for Gov. Ray. We saw refugees in terrible straits. We brought the pictures back, and it sent an electric current through our state in 1979. The pictures bring home the individual human being suffering. That�s what really can communicate � when you see a child, a person, a mom. You see anyone who is suffering from lack of food, from lack of water, from the conflict that�s going on around them. You see the pain in one person�s face and you extrapolate it out to a million or more, and you see what needs to be done. That�s the power of photography.�
He walked a lap through the gallery and pointed out a few of the images that stuck with him. A woman from Mozambique with a baby on her back and bananas on her head. A shirtless U.S. military vet, whose bony ribs revealed his gnawing hunger. A boy with an assault rifle in Ethiopia, where people fight over access to water.
Quinn pointed to a portrait of another boy, from China, who was shoveling rice into his mouth with chopsticks. �Here�s someone who looks like he�s hungry, but he also looks like he has some hope,� he said.
Buffett�s photo show coincides with his new book, �Forty Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World,� which has become a best-seller since he launched it last month at the annual World Food Prize symposium. His dad described it in the foreword as a �guidebook for intelligent philanthropy.�
It �could have been a vanity book to chronicle his philanthropic work,� a Wall Street Journal reviewer wrote. But �it�s more than that. Howard Buffett has figured out a way to tell 40 stories about hunger, farming, poverty and war, while delivering a readable account of a formidable challenge.�
And more stories will soon be told. Last month the World Food Prize teamed up with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair�s African Governance Initiative to announce a new 40 Chances Fellows program, which will award four $150,000 grants to young adults with business plans to lift up communities in Rwanda, Liberia, Malawi or Sierra Leone.
The applications are due at the end of May, and the winners will be announced during next fall�s symposium.


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EGNOS report from Santander Publié le: 20/02/2013
Santander the first of the Spanish Airports to use EGNOS
In the newspaper ABC (Sevilla), Luis M. Ontoso reports how the EGNOS technology, recently adopted in Spain by the AENA, will significantly improve the possibilities of Air Transport.
"Imagine a future with no delayed flights.
That future is closer for Spain airport in Santander.
Last Wednesday 13th February, the Spanish Air Navigation Service Provider (AENA) signed an EGNOS Working Agreement with the EGNOS Service Provider (ESSP) to enable the publication of approach procedures based on EGNOS.
This will allow Santander airport to host planes in a more flexible and efficient manner which will imply lower costs.
This is the beginning of the Spanish initiative to use EGNOS at the airports.".
EGNOS is the European Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) that complements the GPS system.
It is Europe's first venture into satellite navigation and a major stepping-stone towards Galileo, Europe's own global satellite navigation system for the future.
AENA (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea) is the Spanish public body that owns and operates the majority of airports in Spain, and is responsible for Air Traffic Control throughout Spain.
ESSP has for mission the provision of the EGNOS Open Service (OS) and Safety of Life (SoL) Service compliant with ICAO SBAS standards and recommended practices throughout the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Region.


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Chapter 1
The Pentagon is the world's largest office building, six and a half million square feet, thirty thousand people, more than seventeen miles of corridors, but it was built with just three street doors, each one of them opening into a guarded pedestrian lobby. I chose the southeast option, the main concourse entrance, the one nearest the Metro and the bus station, because it was the busiest and the most popular with civilian workers, and I wanted plenty of civilian workers around, preferably a whole long unending stream of them, for insurance purposes, mostly against getting shot on sight. Arrests go bad all the time, sometimes accidentally, sometimes on purpose, so I wanted witnesses. I wanted independent eyeballs on me, at least at the beginning. I remember the date, of course. It was Tuesday, the eleventh of March, 1997, and it was the last day I walked into that place as a legal employee of the people who built it.
A long time ago.
The eleventh of March 1997 was also by chance exactly four and a half years before the world changed, on that other future Tuesday, and so like a lot of things in the old days the security at the main concourse entrance was serious without being hysterical. Not that I invited hysteria. Not from a distance. I was wearing my Class A uniform, all of it clean, pressed, polished, and spit-shined, all of it covered with thirteen years' worth of medal ribbons, badges, insignia, and citations. I was thirty-six years old, standing tall and walking ramrod straight, a totally squared away U.S. Army Military Police major in every respect, except that my hair was too long and I hadn't shaved for five days.
Back then Pentagon security was run by the Defense Protective Service, and from forty yards I saw ten of their guys in the lobby, which I thought was far too many, which made me wonder whether they were all theirs or whether some of them were actually ours, working undercover, waiting for me. Most of our skilled work is done by Warrant Officers, and they do a lot of it by pretending to be someone else. They impersonate colonels and generals and enlisted men, and anyone else they need to, and they're good at it. All in a day's work for them to throw on DPS uniforms and wait for their target. From thirty yards I didn't recognize any of them, but then, the army is a very big institution, and they would have chosen men I had never met before.
I walked on, part of a broad wash of people heading across the concourse to the doors, some men and women in uniform, either Class As like my own or the old woodland-pattern BDUs we had back then, and some men and women obviously military but out of uniform, in suits or work clothes, and some obvious civilians, some of each category carrying bags or briefcases or packages, all of each category slowing and sidestepping and shuffling as the broad wash of people narrowed to a tight arrowhead and then narrowed further still to lonely single file or collegial two-by-two, as folks got ready to stream inside. I lined up with them, on my own, single file, behind a woman with pale unworn hands and ahead of a guy in a suit that had gone shiny at the elbows. Civilians, both of them, desk workers, probably analysts of some kind, which was exactly what I wanted. Independent eyeballs. It was close to noon. There was sun in the sky and the March air had a little warmth in it. Spring, in Virginia. Across the river the cherry trees were about to wake up. The famous blossom was about to break out. All over the innocent nation airline tickets and SLR cameras lay on hall tables, ready for sightseeing trips to the capital.
I waited in line. Way ahead of me the DPS guys were doing what security guys do. Four of them were occupied with specific tasks, two manning an inquiry counter and two checking official badge holders and then waving them through an open turnstile. Two were standing directly behind the glass inside the doors, looking out, heads high, eyes front, scanning the approaching crowd. Four were hanging back in the shadows behind the turnstiles, just clumped together, shooting the shit. All ten were armed.
It was the four behind the turnstiles that worried me. No question that back in 1997 the Department of Defense was seriously puffed up and overmanned in relation to the threats we faced then, but even so it was unusual to see four on-duty guys with absolutely nothing to do. Most commands at least made their surplus personnel look busy. But these four had no obvious role. I stretched up tall and peered ahead and tried to get a look at their shoes. You can learn a lot from shoes. Undercover disguises often don't get that far, especially in a uniformed environment. The DPS was basically a beat cop role, so to the extent that a choice was available, DPS guys would go for cop shoes, big comfortable things appropriate for walking and standing all day. Undercover MP Warrant Officers might use their own shoes, which would be subtly different.
But I couldn't see their shoes. It was too dark inside, and too far away.
The line shuffled along, at a decent pre-9/11 clip. No sullen impatience, no frustration, no fear. Just old-style routine. The woman in front of me was wearing perfume. I could smell it coming off the nape of her neck. I liked it. The two guys behind the glass noticed me about ten yards out. Their gaze moved off the woman and onto me. It rested on me a beat longer than it needed to, and then it moved on to the guy behind.
Then it came back. Both men looked me over quite openly, up and down, side to side, four or five seconds, and then I shuffled forward and their attention moved behind me again. They didn't say anything to each other. Didn't say anything to anyone else, either. No warnings, no alerts. Two possible interpretations. One, best case, I was just a guy they hadn't seen before. Or maybe I stood out because I was bigger and taller than anyone within a hundred yards. Or because I was wearing a major's gold oak leaves and ribbons for some heavy-duty medals, including a Silver Star, like a real poster boy, but because of the hair and the beard I also looked like a real caveman, which visual dissonance might have been enough reason for the long second glance, just purely out of interest. Sentry duty can be boring, and unusual sights are always welcome.
Or two, worst case, they were merely confirming to themselves that some expected event had indeed happened, and that all was going according to plan. Like they had prepared and studied photographs and were saying to themselves: OK, he's here, right on time, so now we just wait two more minutes until he steps inside, and then we take him down.
Because I was expected, and I was right on time. I had a twelve o'clock appointment and matters to discuss with a particular colonel in a third-floor office in the C ring, and I was certain I would never get there. To walk head-on into a hard arrest was a pretty blunt tactic, but sometimes if you want to know for sure whether the stove is hot, the only way to find out is to touch it.
The guy ahead of the woman ahead of me stepped inside the doors and held up a badge that was attached to his neck by a lanyard. He was waved onward. The woman in front of me moved and then stopped short, because right at that moment the two DPS watchers chose to come out from behind the glass. The woman paused in place and let them squeeze out in front of her, against the pressing flow. Then she resumed her progress and stepped inside, and the two guys stopped and stood exactly where she had been, three feet in front of me, but facing in the opposite direction, toward me, not away from me.
They were blocking the door. They were looking right at me. I was pretty sure they were genuine DPS personnel. They were wearing cop shoes, and their uniforms had eased and stretched and molded themselves to their individual physiques over a long period of time. These were not disguises, snatched from a locker and put on for the first time that morning. I looked beyond the two guys, inside, at their four partners who were doing nothing, and I tried to judge the fit of their clothes, by way of comparison. It was hard to tell.
In front of me the guy on my right said, "Sir, may we help you?"
I asked, "With what?"
"Where are you headed today?"
"Do I need to tell you that?"
"No sir, absolutely not," the guy said. "But we could speed you along a little, if you like."
Probably via an inconspicuous door into a small locked room, I thought. I figured they had civilian witnesses on their mind too, the same way I did. I said, "I'm happy to wait my turn. I'm almost there, anyway."
The two guys said nothing in reply to that. Stalemate. Amateur hour. To try to start the arrest outside was dumb. I could push and shove and turn and run and be lost in the crowd in the blink of an eye. And they wouldn't shoot. Not outside. There were too many people on the concourse. Too much collateral damage. This was 1997, remember. March eleventh. Four and a half years before the new rules. Much better to wait until I was inside the lobby. The two stooges could close the doors behind me and form up shoulder to shoulder in front of them while I was getting the bad news at the desk. At that point theoretically I could turn back and fight my way past them again, but it would take me a second or two, and in that second or two the four guys with nothing to do could shoot me in the back about a thousand times.
And if I charged forward they could shoot me in the front. And where would I go anyway? To escape into the Pentagon was no kind of a good idea. The world's largest office building. Thirty thousand people. Five floors. Two basements. Seventeen miles of corridors. There are ten radial hallways between the rings, and they say a person can make it between any two random points inside a maximum seven minutes, which was presumably calculated with reference to the army's official quick- march pace of four miles an hour, which meant if I was running hard I could be anywhere within about three minutes. But where? I could find a broom closet and steal bag lunches and hold out a day or two, but that would be all. Or I could take hostages and try to argue my case, but I had never seen that kind of thing succeed.
So I waited.
The DPS guy in front of me on my right said, "Sir, you be sure and have a nice day now," and then he moved past me, and his partner moved past me on my other side, both of them just strolling slow, two guys happy to be out in the air, patrolling, varying their viewpoint. Maybe not so dumb after all. They were doing their jobs and following their plan. They had tried to decoy me into a small locked room, but they had failed, no harm, no foul, so now they were turning the page straight to plan B. They would wait until I was inside and the doors were closed, and then they would jump into crowd control mode, dispersing the incoming people, keeping them safe in case shots had to be fired inside. I assumed the lobby glass was supposed to be bulletproof, but the smart money never bets on the DoD having gotten exactly what it paid for.
The door was right in front of me. It was open. I took a breath and stepped into the lobby. Sometimes if you want to know for sure whether the stove is hot, the only way to find out is to touch it.
Chapter 2
The woman with the perfume and the pale hands was already deep into the corridor beyond the open turnstile. She had been waved through. Straight ahead of me was the two-man inquiry desk. To my left were the two guys checking badges. The open turnstile was between their hips. The four spare guys were still doing nothing beyond it. They were still clustered together, quiet and watchful, like an independent team. I still couldn't see their shoes.
I took another breath and stepped up to the counter.
Like a lamb to the slaughter.
The desk guy on the left looked at me and said, "Yes, sir." Fatigue and resignation in his voice. A response, not a question, as if I had already spoken. He looked young and reasonably smart. Genuine DPS, presumably. MP Warrant Officers are quick studies, but they wouldn't be running a Pentagon inquiry desk, however deeply under they were supposed to be.
The desk guy looked at me again, expectantly, and I said, "I have a twelve o'clock appointment."
"Who with?"
"Colonel Frazer," I said.
The guy made out like he didn't recognize the name. The world's largest office building. Thirty thousand people. He leafed through a book the size of a telephone directory and asked, "Would that be Colonel John James Frazer? Senate Liaison?"
I said, "Yes."
Or: Guilty as charged.
Way to my left the four spare guys were watching me. But not moving. Yet.
The guy at the desk didn't ask my name. Partly because he had been briefed, presumably, and shown photographs, and partly because my Class A uniform included my name on a nameplate, worn as per regulations on my right breast pocket flap, exactly centered, its upper edge exactly a quarter of an inch below the top seam.
Seven letters: REACHER.
Or, eleven letters: Arrest me now.
The guy at the inquiry desk said, "Colonel John James Frazer is in 3C315. You know how to get there?"
I said, "Yes." Third floor, C ring, nearest to radial corridor number three, bay number fifteen. The Pentagon's version of map coordinates, which it needed, given that it covered twenty-nine whole acres of floor space.
The guy said, "Sir, you have a great day," and his guileless gaze moved past my shoulder to the next in line. I stood still for a moment. They were tying it up with a bow. They were making it perfect. The general common law test for criminal culpability is expressed by the Latin actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea, which means, roughly, doing things won't necessarily get you in trouble unless you actually mean to do them. Action plus intention is the standard. They were waiting for me to prove my intention. They were waiting for me to step through the turnstile and into the labyrinth. Which explained why the four spare guys were on their side of the gate, not mine. Crossing the line would make it real. Maybe there were jurisdiction issues. Maybe lawyers had been consulted. Frazer wanted my ass gone for sure, but he wanted his own ass covered just as much.
I took another breath and crossed the line and made it real. I walked between the two badge checkers and squeezed between the cold alloy flanks of the turnstile. The bar was retracted. There was nothing to hit with my thighs. I stepped out on the far side and paused. The four spare guys were on my right. I looked at their shoes. Army regulations are surprisingly vague about shoes. Plain black lace-up oxfords or close equivalents, conservative, no designs on them, minimum of three pairs of eyelets, closed toe, maximum two-inch heel. That's all the fine print says. The four guys on my right were all in compliance, but they weren't wearing cop shoes. Not like the two guys outside. They were sporting four variations on the same classic theme. High shines, tight laces, a little creasing and wear here and there. Maybe they were genuine DPS. Maybe they weren't. No way of telling. Not right then.
I was looking at them, and they were looking at me, but no one spoke. I looped around them and headed deeper into the building. I used the E ring counterclockwise and turned left at the first radial hallway.
In the fourth thriller in Brad Taylors New York Times bestselling Pike Logan series, the Taskforce must stop a suicide bomber intent on triggering a global epidemic.
Invented by nature but genetically manipulated by man, a mutation of a deadly virus has fallen into the wrong hands. Angered by sanctions placed against its nuclear program, a rogue state is determined to release it. Their chosen method: one of the Black Widows—female suicide terrorists of Chechen descent with a deadly reputation for slaughter that rivals any other group.
The only thing standing in the Black Widows way is the Taskforce, an extra-legal counterterrorism unit. Racing against time to prevent a global pandemic, Taskforce operator Pike Logan and his partner Jennifer Cahill follow the trail across Southeast Asia to the United States, only to learn that the enemy they face may not be the enemy they should fear.
The Widows Strike ties together government-sanctioned terrorist activities, nefarious multinational conglomerates, and frighteningly plausible science. Infused with authenticity from Brad Taylors decades of service as a Delta Force commander, its an explosive ride alongside Americas counterterrorism operators that will leave readers breathless.
In the fourth thriller in Brad Taylor's New York Times bestselling Pike Logan series, the Taskforce must stop a suicide bomber intent on triggering a global epidemic.
Invented by nature but genetically manipulated by man, a mutation of the H5N1 virus—aka the "bird flu"—has fallen into the wrong hands. Angered by sanctions placed against its nuclear program, a rogue state is determined to release it. Their chosen method: one of the Black Widows—female suicide terrorists of Chechen descent who have the highest kill rate of any terrorist organization. By infecting her, then instructing her to detonate in the United States, her body will become the real weapon, spraying the virus into a crowd.
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I have found a box that contains a Baby Book that belonged to a boy born August 25, 1915. Also in the box are articles of clothing including a christening gown, little soldier type outfit and hand knitted sweater with little notes pinned on identifing the items as the possesions of the baby in the book. Also included: a baby blanket, booties, socks, brush and powder set, hat, pillow case and wooden ball and cup toy. There are also very old pictures of a child one would assume to be this boy. Is this stuff at all marketable as a set?
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The community will be able to learn and comment about the future of Fort Drums force structure at a listening session at 5 p.m. April 25 at Case Middle School, Washington Street.
The session will provide an overview of the Armys stationing efforts, as the service determines how it will reduce and reorganize its force structure.
In attendance will be the posts leadership, including 10th Mountain Division commander Maj. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, and a representative from the Headquarters, Department of the Army.
Members of the community will be able to provide comments during the session.
Between now and the end of fiscal year 2017, the Army will reduce its numbers from 570,000 to 490,000 soldiers. To help with its decision making, the Army is holding similar meetings at 29 other installations across the country.
Among the possible cuts that have been discussed are downsizing the number of brigade combat teams from 45 to 32.
An Army news release last week about the meetings said that the proposed long-term reductions would likely begin with the fiscal year 2014 budget and are not connected to issues with sequestration.
Last week, Carl A. McLaughlin, executive director of the Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization said the meetings would be an opportunity for community members to visibly show their support for the post.
The effects of large cuts of soldiers have been documented thoroughly in both an Army assessment and a local response crafted by the Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization.
If the largest level of cuts listed in the study, 8,000 soldiers and their dependents, were to occur, the north country would lose hundreds of millions of dollars of income and economic activity.
The local response stated that area schools, hospital and housing would also see negative effects in connection to a large reduction of soldiers.
However, both studies indicate the area could handle an increase in soldiers, as many as 3,000, which would bring hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity to the region.
In February, Gen. Townsend predicted that the region would not face extreme levels of cuts or additions.
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ALEXANDRIA BAY The video shows a young girl being escorted to the overlook at Heart Island. She has only a few seconds to take in the scenery before rock music blares out of two well-hidden, high-powered speakers, jarring her and the bucolic summer scene.
From out of the shadows and shrubbery of Boldt Castle, a crowd of about 40 people come dancing down a hill directly at her.
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The young woman seems confused at first.
It kind of felt like I was dreaming because Ive had dreams like that before, she said.
But the woman, Ciara T. Shaw, knew the song. She had talked about it with her boyfriend. It was then that she realized what this was all about.
For years, when we listened to that song, we joked around, saying, It would be cool for a proposal.
The song is Lets Get Married by Jagged Edge and the creator of this marriage proposal which was recorded and is piling up the hits on YouTube was her boyfriend, Joseph Gilchrist.
It took him months to plan the video.
I realized I had the perfect, qualified friends for the job, he said.
Today, on Valentines Day, Mr. Gilchrist, 22, will leave for a two-week church mission trip to China. Miss Shaw turns 19 on Saturday. When they celebrated her birthday and Valentines Day earlier this week, they had lots to talk about, such as their scheduled June 22 wedding at Trinity Episcopal Church on Sherman Street; exactly 16 years to the month when they first met.
But the wedding proposal will always be a topic of conversation for the couple and others. Several tourists stopped to take photos of the performance.
What Joe Gilchrist did with his fiancee is all keeping with our story, said Shane K. Sanford, director of Boldt facilities and spokesman for the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority.
The castles story, well known to north country residents, began in 1900 at the bidding of millionaire hotel magnate George C. Boldt as a tribute to his wife, Louise. Boldt Castle, on Heart Island, was to be their summer dream home on the St. Lawrence River. However, Mrs. Boldt died months before the castle could be completed. Mr. Boldt was inconsolable and immediately stopped construction on the island, leaving the property vacant for more than 70 years.
Mr. Gilchrist and Miss Shaws relationship was built beginning on Depauville Road, also called Eliza Street, in Depauville. Miss Shaw was 3 when Mr. Gilchrist moved to the neighborhood in 1997 when he was 7 years old. He came from Detroit when his father, the Rev. Kirk S. Gilchrist, was hired to be pastor at New Life Christian Church, Depauville. That church has since moved to Watertowns Stateway Plaza. Kirk Gilchrist is senior pastor at the church and Joseph Gilchrist is the churchs youth pastor. Kirk is married to Carolyn Gilchrist.
Miss Shaw is the daughter of New Life members James and Candy Shaw.
Miss Shaw and Mr. Gilchrist started dating when she turned 17, after Mr. Gilchrist returned from a 10-month mission trip to China hosted by the Rochester-based missions organization Campus Target the same organization hosting his current trip to China.
Miss Shaw is a June graduate of Thousand Islands Central School. Mr. Gilchrist attended Faith Fellowship Christian School for most of his high school years, graduating in 2007.
The pair had talked about marriage but Miss Shaw thought it would be a couple of years down the road.
I never thought our parents would agree to it this soon, Miss Shaw said. She attends Jefferson Community College where she is pursuing a liberal arts degree. She hopes to transfer to a nursing program after graduating.
From the onset, Mr. Gilchrist wanted to make his proposal special. He favored a St. Lawrence River theme. His brother, Ben, showed him popular online videos of proposals.
At first, I thought, Thats a lot of work. I cant do that, Mr. Gilchrist said. But the more I thought of it the more I realized I had guys like Christopher around me.
Christopher Hopper is associate pastor at New Life Christian Church and an accomplished musician, producer and worship leader with 11 music albums. Hes an executive producer for Sprig Records, based at the church.
Mr. Hopper recruited several couples who attend the church for the video. Choreographer Tabitha Rodgers of Watertown volunteered her services. Mr. Hoppers father, Peter Hopper, a recording engineer, volunteered his talents for the audio. The two camera operators were Brendon Campbell and Zachary Yelle members of 33 Live New Lifes teen and college ministry.
To get the moves right, a rehearsal was held in the lobby of New Life church before the day of the proposal, which was on Aug. 24. Mr. Hopper and others made a few trips to Heart Island to scout out locations and settled on the overlook.
It was the largest flat piece of land we could find, Mr. Hopper said. And we needed a place to hide everybody. That was key.
The crew arrived on Heart Island for final runthroughs approximately 2� hours before Miss Shaws arrival.
Getting Miss Shaw on the island took a little cajoling.
I was hanging out with his family his mom and his dad and his (Josephs) sister, Miss Shaw said. We were kind of just driving around on the river.
It was suggested they head to Heart Island. Mr. Gilchrist piloted the small party over to the island in his boat and to the pre-arranged site of the ambush video.
Its been a great video to have, Mr. Gilchrist said. The footage is perfect because my whole memory of the moment isnt what the video is. It was being focused on each other and getting lost in the moment.
There is a solo rap routine in the Lets Get Married song. Mr. Gilchrist nailed it in rehearsals and was looking forward to walking up to Miss Shaw and boldly showing her his moves.
I did that so much better in the practice videos, he said. When I saw her crying and the way she was, it melted me. I was done.
Now, in their wedding planning, Mr. Gilchrist said he may have the better role.
Ive been told the guys job is the proposal and the girl takes over from there, he said, laughing. I feel like the ball is in her court.
If Heart Island is the future destination for similar courtings, Mr. Sanford said he would like advance warning. He had none for the Gilchrist/Shaw proposal video and he wasnt there to witness it.
He said the video crew was lucky because there was nothing else scheduled at the overlook site that day. He said Heart Island hosts between 55 and 70 weddings a year, with 50 already scheduled for this year.
Were taking bookings for 2014, he said.
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"So, you'll be trying to draw in some of the Marathon crowd from across the street?" I ask Andrew Mechow, owner of newly opened Tequilas Muertos (1650 W Burnside St., 222-1507). "Well, mostly right now we're just trying to draw in anyone." He's got a point. It's barely past 10 pm on a Thursday night and looks like it's just him, me and the pleasant Shania Twain doppelganger of a bar girl left. A shame, as the six-weeks-young bar, located in the spot on West Burnside Street and 16th Avenue vacated by Demetri's Greek restaurant, seems to have a lot going for it—dual bars on two levels with big screens, pool tables and an intriguing "9-hole Carolina ringer course" (a fun traditional pub game where one aims a swinging hoop toward wall hooks spread across the bar). Eight beers are on tap, including sturdy $3.75 pints of Alameda IPA and malty Klamath Basin Drop Dead Red. The main draw is the selection of 25 tequilas and a nicely poured, pint-sized $6 bloody "Maria" that hits the spot dead-on. Tequilas Muertos' food menu is creatively themed but limited, and while the Street Corn was tasty (it's a chipotle-mayo-coated, cotija-cheese-rolled and paprika-sprayed cob, "just like street vendors' in Mexico"), I'm not sure I'd want to make a habit of spending $5 on a cob of corn. All in all, Mechow's bar is pretty impressive. Hopefully innovative promotions, like Thursday's opportunity to frat it up with a $20 "bracelet of fun" (providing open access to Coors Light and jungle-juice kegs), should keep Muertos alive long enough to find a crowd.