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An air blower for a spa or the like having an outside enclosure formed by a cover that is fitted tightly onto a base, with a blower-and-motor unit centrally located in the enclosure and air inlet passages extending from the bottom wall of the base along opposite sides thereof upwardly into an air chamber in the cover, to the intake of the blower. An acoustical foam lining is provided for the air intake chamber, and the blower is mounted in a nest of acoustical foam and clamped against an internal platform on the base. Blocks of acoustical foam in the air inlet passages in the base, on opposite sides of a central outlet passage, overlie the inlets through the platform into the air chamber, blocking straight-line paths through the passages and partially covering the wall of the outlet passage.
1. An air blower assembly, comprising:
a blower-and-motor unit having an enlarged upper end constituting a blower with an air intake on its upper side and an air outlet on its lower side;
a cup-shaped base having an open upper side, a sidewall and a lower end wall opposite said open side formed with a centrally located air outlet port, said unit being disposed in said base with said blower adjacent the open side of the base;
means in said base forming a supporting structure for said unit and including a platform extending across the base and having a central opening through which said unit hangs into the interior of said base, a nest composed of acoustical foam resting on said platform and surrounding said blower, said nest having a bottom wall formed with an opening that is aligned with the opening in said platform and an open top that overlies the air intake of said blower, and means clamping said unit and said nest against said platform;
an inverted cup-shaped cover fitted tightly over said open side of said base and including an end wall spaced above said blower, and a sidewall spaced outwardly from said blower and telescoping with the sidewall of said base to enclose the blower-and-motor unit and define an enclosed air chamber above said blower;
layers of acoustical foam covering the end wall and sidewall of said cover above said platform, and leaving an air chamber between said blower and the layers of acoustical foam;
means in said base defining at least one air inlet port in said end wall of said base and at least one elongated air passage from said air inlet port to said chamber, for admitting air into said blower;
and an acoustical foam barrier in said air passage defining a tortuous path between said chamber and said air inlet port and blocking any straight-line path in said air passage.
2. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said base has an internal partition wall between said platform and said end wall of said base, internally defining an outlet flow passage from said motor assembly to said outlet port and externally defining said elongated air passage as an annular space between the partition and the sidewall of the base, including at least one inlet opening through said platform to said chamber.
3. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 2 wherein a block of said acoustical foam is positioned in said air passage to lie between said inlet opening and said inlet port, thereby constituting said acoustical foam means.
4. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 3 wherein a plurality of inlet ports are formed in the end wall of said base, a plurality of air passages are formed in said base to extend from said inlet ports to inlet openings into said chamber, and a plurality of blocks of acoustical foam are positioned to form tortuous paths in said passages.
5. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said means clamping said unit in place include a cup-shaped socket on said platform extending around said nest.
6. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 5 wherein said clamping means further comprise a strap secured to said platform on opposite sides of said unit and clamping said nest and said unit tightly against said platform.
7. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said layers of acoustical foam and said barrier are composed of acoustical foam having embossed surfaces.
8. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said cover is composed of molded plastic acoustical barrier material.
9. An air blower assembly, comprising:
an outer enclosure comprising a cup-shaped base having an open side, a sidewall, and an endwall opposite said open side formed with a centrally located air outlet port, and an inverted cup-shaped cover fitted over said base and including an endwall and a sidewall cooperating with the base to form an enclosed air chamber in said cover;
a blower-and-motor unit positioned in said base adjacent said open side thereof and having an air intake facing toward said cover in said air chamber and an air outlet for directing air toward said outlet port;
means supporting said unit on said base, including an internal platform on said base, a cup-shaped acoustical foam nest covering the sides of said unit and extending partially between the unit and the platform;
layers of acoustical foam on the inner sides of said endwall and said sidewall of said cover, lining said air chamber around said unit;
means in said base defining at least one air inlet port in said endwall of said base and at least one air inlet passage extending through said base to said air chamber in said cover;
and an acoustical foam barrier in said inlet passage defining a tortuous path for air flow and blocking a straight-line path for sound therein.
10. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 9 wherein said unit includes a blower motor extending through said platform, said nest and said platform having holes therein for the motor.
11. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 9 wherein said base has a plurality of air inlet passages extending from the endwall of the base along the sidewall thereof and into said air chamber in said cover, said layers of acoustical foam in said cover including one layer on the sidewall of said cover overlying a substantial portion of said passages, and each of said inlet passages having an acoustical barrier therein in the form of a block of acoustical foam material that is offset inwardly relative to said one layer to define said tortuous path.
12. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 9 wherein said cover is composed of molded plastic acoustical barrier material.
13. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 9 further including means clamping said unit and said nest against said platform.
14. An air blower assembly, comprising:
a blower enclosure defining an enclosed compartment having opposite end walls;
a blower-and-motor unit mounted in said compartment between said endwalls and having an air intake facing toward one of said endwalls and a air outlet facing toward the other of said endwalls, said unit generally dividing said compartment to form an air inlet chamber around said air intake;
said enclosure having an outlet port in said other of said endwalls and having at least one air inlet port adjacent said other of said endwalls and including means in said enclosure defining at least one elongated air inlet passage extending from said air inlet port through said enclosure and past said blower-and-motor unit to said air inlet chamber;
acoustical barrier material lining said air inlet chamber and substantially surrounding said blower-and-motor unit therein;
and acoustical barrier material in said inlet air passage.
15. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 14 wherein said blower-and-motor unit is supported by and substantially enclosed in a nest of acoustical barrier material.
16. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 14 wherein said acoustical barrier material in said inlet air passage includes at least one block of acoustical barrier material cooperating with the barrier material lining said air chamber to define a tortuous path.
17. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 14 wherein said enclosure has a plurality of air inlet ports in the endwall of said base, and a plurality of air inlet passages extending from said ports past said unit, with acoustical barrier material defining a tortuous path in each of said passages.
18. An air blower assembly as defined in claim 17 wherein said air chamber has an outer lining of acoustical barrier material overlying said inlet ports, and further including means defining a plurality of inlets into said air chamber alongside said blower-and-motor unit, said acoustical barrier material being disposed along the sides of said inlet passages to overlie said inlets and block straight-line paths therefrom to said inlet ports.
The present invention relates to air blower assemblies, and has particular reference to air blower assemblies for aerating spa tubs to create a bubbling effect in the water.
Such air blower assemblies have long been used in spa tubs, and are popular accessories for enhancing the enjoyment of bathing in the tub. Typically, the assembly is enclosed with the water heating and circulation equipment, and has selectively operable controls for activating the assembly, when desired, to force air into the spa tub through a pattern of air holes provided in the tub.
One disadvantage of such blower assemblies has been the noise that is associated with them. The assemblies include blower-and-motor units that operate at high speed to produce the necessary flow of air under pressure to the spa tub, and the combination of motor/fan noise and the rushing air typically produces a relatively high-pitched whine that detracts from the atmosphere of the spa.
Efforts have been made to reduce this noise by enclosing the assembly in sound-barrier insulation, and in some cases the assembly even has been buried in the ground near the spa tub to muffle the noise. Other attempts have been directed to the selection of quieter blower-and-motor units, and to the covering of the blower-and-motor units in a manner that muffles the noise. An example of a relatively quiet prior blower assembly of this type is that manufactured by Alopex Industries and sold under the trademark ANZEN, having a cup-shaped base in which the blower-and-motor unit is supported and an upper hood-like cover around which air enters the enclosure and flows to the fan.
The objective of the present invention is to provide a substantially improved air blower assembly that is significantly quieter in operation than prior blowers, thereby enhancing the atmosphere associated with the spa tub.
The present invention resides in an air blower assembly for use in spas and the like in which the noise produced by the blower-and-motor unit and by the air flowing through the blower is effectively confined within the blower assembly and blocked against escape. This is accomplished by enclosing the blower-and-motor unit in an outer enclosure including a cover composed of sound barrier material and lined with acoustical foam, supporting the unit internally in a nest of acoustical foam that substantially encloses the motor, lengthening the air inlet path to the fan to extend from the opposite end of the base past the unit to the air inlet of the fan, and providing acoustical barrier material to make the air inlet path tortuous, thereby blocking straight line paths for the escape of noise from the enclosure.
More specifically, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, the cover of the enclosure is composed of acoustical barrier material and interfits tightly with the base, and also has layers of acoustical foam that line the endwall and the sidewall of the cover. The fan is supported in a cup-shaped nest of acoustical foam on an internal platform in the enclosure, beneath the lined air inlet chamber in the cover, and the nest and the fan are clamped tightly against the platform to reduce noise-producing vibration.
To form the elongated tortuous air inlet path or paths, one or more air inlet ports are formed in the lower end wall of the base, which preferably is cupshaped and has a central outlet port, and one or more air inlet passages extend upwardly from the inlet ports, along the sidewall of the base to the air chamber in the cover. The platform for the blower-and-motor unit has openings which form inlets to the air chamber, and these openings are masked by blocks of acoustical foam that line the inner sides of the inlet passages and overlie the inlet openings in the platform.
Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 illustrates the prior art and is a cross-sectional view taken in a vertical plan through a blower assembly, the blower-and-motor unit thereof being shown in side elevation;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of a blower assembly in accordance with the present invention, a side cover being partially broken away to expose a control compartment;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially along line 3--3 of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially along line 4--4 of FIG. 2, with internal parts broken away for clarity and showing an illustrative mounting bracket;
FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 3 but taken in a plane that is substantially normal to the line 3--3 in FIG. 2; and
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially along line 6--6 of FIG. 5.
As shown in FIGS. 2 through 6 of the drawings for purposes of illustration, the invention is embodied in an air blower assembly, indicated generally by the reference number 10, constituting a significant improvement over the prior art, represented by the air blower assembly 11 shown in FIG. 1. That prior art air blower assembly comprises a blower 12 that is attached to the top of a cup-shaped base 13 with an electric motor 14 suspended from the blower in the base, and a hood 15 that is mounted above the base on a metal frame 17 extending upwardly from the base. The blower draws air from the air space in the hood, and into the hood around the base as indicated by the arrows in FIG. 1, and discharges the air through an outlet fitting 18 in the bottom of the base, for delivery to a spa (not shown).
Blower assemblies of this type produce noise in varying degrees, depending upon the type of motor, the materials of the base and the hood, which typically have been metal, and the specific design of these parts. Even the best of these, however, have been relatively noisy unless totally surrounded by a sound-insulating enclosure.
In accordance with the present invention, the blower-and-motor unit 20 of the improved air blower assembly 10 is supported in an outer case or enclosure in a manner that effectively confines the noise produced by these parts within the enclosure, resulting in significantly quieter operation than has been achieved with prior air blowers. For this purpose, the enclosure comprises a base 21 and a cover 22 that fit tightly together around the blower-and-motor unit, the cover defining an air chamber 23 around the inlet side of the blower unit and being lined with acoustical barrier material, and the unit is supported in a nest 24 of acoustical barrier material and clamped securely in place to reduce sound-producing vibration. In addition, the enclosure 21, 22 defines at least one elongated tortuous air inlet path, extending from the lower end of the enclosure to the air chamber 23, and acoustical barrier material is positioned along this path to block straight-line sound paths from the air chamber.
The base 21 is a cup-shaped, plastic molding having a central outlet port 25 in its lower endwall 26, preferably controlled by a one-way valve 27 permitting out-flow only, and having a sidewall 28 that preferably is circular in transverse cross-section and terminates in an upper rim 29 surrounding an open upper side. The cover 22 has an upper endwall 30 and a sidewall 31, also preferably circular in transverse cross-section, that terminates in a skirt 32 which telescopes snugly over the rim 29 of the base. These parts surround the blower-and-motor unit 20, which is generally centrally located in the enclosure and is supported on a platform 33 in the base in spaced relation with the walls of the enclosure. The platform herein comprises a ring-shaped plate and an internal ledge 34 that is molded integrally with the base.
Above and around the blower unit 20 is the air chamber 23 through which air flows to the upper, intake side 35 of the blower, the enlarged upper end portion 37 of the unit 20. The motor 38 hangs below the blower and is connected to electric wires 39 which extend laterally into a control compartment 40 in the side of the base. Below the motor is a central outlet passage 41 through which air flows from the lower, output side 42 of the blower, past the motor 38 and out through the outlet port 27.
The outlet passage 41 is defined within a partition wall 43 that is of generally oval transverse cross-section (see FIG. 6) and is an integral part of the base 21, and the ledge 34 is formed at the upper end of this partition wall. An upwardly opening generally cylindrical socket 44 is formed on top of the ledge, to support the nest 24 and the blower 35. Along the elongated sides of the oval partition wall, shown in FIG. 3, the compartment 40 is formed in one side of the base for housing the electrical parts on that side, the right side in FIG. 3. A compartment 45 is formed in the opposite side, providing access to the outer end of a thermostatic control 47 on the left side in FIG. 3. Removable covers 48 and 49 are provided for these compartments.
As can be seen in FIGS. 5 and 6, the arcuate spaces between the sidewall 28 of the base and the arcuate ends of the partition wall 43 are divided longitudinally to form a plurality of elongated inlet passages 50, 51 and 52 extending from inlet openings 53 in the bottom wall of the base to inlets 54 through the ledge 34 into the air chamber 23 around the blower. The arcuate spaces are divided by longitudinal webs or ribs 55, 56 and 57 that are molded integrally in the base, and the upper ends of these webs support the ledge 34.
The blower 37 and the motor 38 are of conventional construction, the blower having an intake opening 58 (FIG. 4) in its top wall and having one or more outlets (not shown) in its bottom wall around the motor 38. The enlarged upper end portion of the blower is mounted in the nest 24 of acoustical barrier material, the nest being generally cup-shaped and having an open upper end (see FIG. 4) for admitting air into the blower, and a bottom wall extending under the blower and over the plate 33. The underside of the blower extends through an opening 59 in the nest and the center hole 60 of the plate 33, and the nest otherwise fills the space in the socket around the blower. A strap 61 overlies the nest and small extensions 62 thereof under the strap, and clamps both the nest and the blower tightly into the socket, to reduce vibration. This strap is fastened at its ends to the ledge 34 on opposite sides of the socket.
To line the air chamber 23 with acoustical barrier material, a layer 63 of acoustical foam is adhesively secured to the endwall 30 of the cover, and an elongated strip 64 of the acoustical foam is inserted in the cover to extend around the sidewall thereof, having ends which abut tightly against each other at 65 (FIG. 4). This strip has a width sufficient to cover the sidewall between the ledge 34 and the acoustical layer 63.
The inlet passages 50, 51 and 52 have blocks 67, 68 and 69 of acoustical foam material fastened, as by an adhesive, to the inside walls of the passages, that is, the walls formed by the arcuate ends of the partition wall 43. These blocks are shown in FIG. 6 as being sized and shaped to completely fill the spaces between the webs for an optimum barrier, but it should be noted that practical assembly considerations may make it desirable to make the blocks narrower than the spaces between the webs.
It can be seen in FIG. 5 that the blocks 67, 68 and 69 overlie the inlets 53 through the platform, and that the strip 64 and the blocks cooperate to form an indirect, tortuous path for air flowing into the air chamber 23 and to the blower. Conversely, this indirect inlet path avoids any straight-line exit path from the air chamber for sound waves, and this greatly reduces the escape of noise from the blower through the air inlet passages. It is believed that the blocks 67, 68 and 69 may also serve a sound-absorbing function with respect to motor noise tending to escape from the outlet passage 41 through the partition wall 43.
Shown in the drawings along with the relevant portions of the assembly 10 are secondary aspects of the assembly that are of general interest only. These include the control 47, the electrical components in the compartment 40, and an optional mounting bracket 70 (FIG. 4).
While acoustical barrier materials of various kinds may be used in the blower assembly 10, the presently preferred material for the cover lining 63 and strip 64 is open-cell, porous sound-absorbing foam material, preferably with embossed exposed surfaces. A suitable material of this type is that sold under the trademark CONAFLEX by H.L. Blachford, Inc., Corona, CA. For the nest 24, the preferred material is flexible, self-skinning open-cell foam barrier material, a suitable brand being that sold under the trademark BARYFOAM by H.L. Blachford, Inc. Finally, the cover 22 preferably is composed of a molded acoustical barrier material such as that sold under the trademark BARYSKIN. The base 21 preferably is composed of a suitable molded plastic material.
It has been shown through acoustical testing that the blower assembly 10 of the present invention constitutes a very significant improvement over the prior art, reducing the noise levels in operation to one-half or less the noise levels produced by prior blowers. Moreover, this is accomplished without hampering the air flows produced by the blower assembly, and while maintaining the cost of the assembly at a competitive level.
It will be evident that, while one embodiment of the blower assembly has been illustrated and described in detail, various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Happy Father's Day!
ASHLEA BRENEMAN – Happy Early Father's Day! I hope you're enjoying all of the song dedications we've been playing throughout the day. I had to think about which song I would dedicate to my dad if I could have entered the contest. It's a really tough question, and my answer will probably surprise you.
The song that I would dedicate to my dad would be "Barlow Girl" by Superchick. Yes, I do realize that is the oddest song choice ever! The reason I would pick that one is because I can still hear my dad singing along to that song in the car and randomly singing it throughout the day years ago. I'm pretty sure he never knew all the lyrics, but just the chorus. Since the song is so catchy, I guess it just really stuck with him. Plus probably the fact that he was actually pleading with me and my sisters to be like barlow girls. Actually, that's probably really what it was about….
Either way, Happy Father's Day Dad! This old school song is for you!
Ashlea Breneman, grateful for my dad
Witness Festival
ASHLEA BRENEMAN – Thanks everyone who stopped by the WJTL trailer this past Saturday at Witness Festival! I always love being able to meet so many of you. I especially loved meeting the girl who showed me her cowboy themed silly bands (I hadn't seen those yet!), to the many people that stopped by to say how much they appreciate the station and how they love the new website! It is always refreshing to hear how WJTL is ministering to so many people.
Plus, what a great day of performances! I was only there for a little bit but I got to catch Building 429 and some of Superchick. Both gave excellent performances and really got the crowd going. Here's the article that was in Sunday's newspaper about Witness that features some pictures too.
Were you at Witness? What was your favorite part of the day?
Festival season is just starting…. only two weeks till Creation!
Ashlea Breneman

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on Fosgitt strides into the forest outside Newberry, Michigan,
This part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula is farther north than Montreal, and it feels like it. The wet October air already has a wintry chill. But nothing dampens Fosgitt's boundless enthusiasm for trees.
"Look at that white pine!" he cried on the way here, slamming on the brakes of his pickup. "That's a dandy!"
Fosgitt is a tree-like presence himself, large and firmly planted, which is one reason his excitement about this forest clearing seems surprising. Sure, there's a single towering white pine, but the rest of the space, 120 feet in diameter, is littered with tree stumps and piles of limbs. This is the site of a logging operation. And not just any logging operation, but one conducted on land owned by The Nature Conservancy, for which Fosgitt works as a forestry consultant.
Kevin Russell, a wildlife ecology professor, tramps into the clearing and nods in agreement with Fosgitt's assessment. He hunches over in his raincoat to examine a thicket of waist-high saplings. White pines. Michigan's most-storied tree, the white pine was logged nearly to local extinction in the 19th century. The trees are regenerating naturally here. And although it's hard to believe that these treelets might one day tower to 150 feet, that is exactly why Jon Fosgitt created this gap.
"You've got some deer browse," Russell says, pointing to some gnawed-down saplings. Russell is here as an auditor for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the world's most recognized timber-certification agency. An FSC stamp guarantees that a timber company harvests trees sustainably, pays a just wage, adheres to safety standards and maintains wildlife habitat. Even when the timber operation is run by the Conservancy, Russell's job is to take nothing for granted. He's on the lookout for signs of overharvesting or collateral damage. He's making sure that logging roads have been constructed with care and waterways are not being polluted.
While the Conservancy's parcel of commercial timberland in the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) is relatively modest—just a little more than 23,000 acres—the organization purchased an easement to protect 10 times that much land. The easement guarantees that the land will be sustainably logged in perpetuity.
To some, it may sound like the Conservancy has forgotten its mission. No one disputes that when all the acres and accompanying restrictions in the agreement are tallied, they add up to the biggest conservation deal ever inked in the state of Michigan—hence its nickname, "the Big U.P. Deal." But logging is not some ugly downside to an otherwise sweet agreement. It's at the very core.
Clearly this is not preservation as usual. This is something else—something that Fosgitt sees as not only the best thing for conserving forests in the U.P., but as a step toward revolutionizing logging practices and improving forest health nationwide.
To anyone touching down at the tiny airport in Marquette, where huge piles of logs flank the runway, it's obvious that the timber industry dominates Michigan's Upper Peninsula. From the air there is no mistaking the plantations of jack pines, which march in cornfield-like rows. On the road, cars pass heavy logging trucks grinding up hills on the way to Newberry. Downtown Newberry features the headquarters for the Michigan Timbermen's Association, a museum of logging and a restaurant called Timber Charlie's. At the nearby Pine Stump Junction Cook Shack, where the barstools are hewn from whole logs, men in flannel workshirts eat chili and discuss the price of maple. Some are fourth-generation timber men.
While California had a gold rush, Michigan had a wood rush. Starting in the 1840s, Michigan's white pines, sugar maples, beeches and yellow birches built and fueled the Midwest's growing cities. They helped build the region's railroads and the ships that plied the Great Lakes. And when they grew back, the trees were felled again to feed the mills of giant mining, lumber and paper companies.
"All of our big, beautiful trees got cut over a hundred years ago," says Tina Hall, a Conservancy scientist in Michigan and one of the architects of the Big U.P. Deal.
Another historical shift began in the 1990s, Hall says, when the paper and lumber companies that owned much of the nation's private forestlands began selling off their forest holdings. Big landowners like Georgia Pacific and International Paper determined they could make more money by selling their land, recouping the capital, and buying pulp or planks from the cheapest source.
At that time a new kind of buyer stepped in: timber investment management organizations (TIMOs), and their siblings, real estate investment trusts (REITs). These companies buy and hold real estate for a limited time—usually 10 to 20 years—on behalf of investors. After an allotted time, a TIMO typically realizes its investment by selling the land. Often the land goes to developers. A 2007 report by a consortium of nonprofit groups and universities, led by researchers at Michigan Tech, predicted that a significant percentage of the current commercial timberland in Michigan's Upper Peninsula would likely be converted to housing or other uses. Such projections worried people like the Conservancy's Hall, whose job is to protect the ecological health of the U.P.
"Subdivision is a bigger threat than timber mismanagement," she says. In other words, even if land is clear-cut, trees will grow back. But after land is sold off for housing tracts, the trees are gone forever. And so are unbroken swaths of open space and wildlife habitat.
So Hall and others at the Conservancy got very interested when they heard that more than a quarter million acres of Michigan timberland were up for sale. All but a tiny remnant had been logged before, and the land was split up into many different tracts, but put together it connected more than 2 million acres of open space. It included that parcel of pristine land along the Two Hearted River, a Great Lakes tributary made famous by Ernest Hemingway. The Two Hearted watershed is home to hardwood forests, pine forests and the complex marsh ecosystems known as patterned peatlands.
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Shawn Hagan, a 30-year U.P. resident, heads The Forestland Group's operations for the Great Lakes region. His particular TIMO, he says, isn't just about holding the land and then offloading it. This TIMO's investors actually want to improve it.
"We're looking at it from the value perspective," Hagan says. "What can we do before the end of this fund's life to maximize value on the property: adding timber volume, adding value, adding infrastructure where appropriate."
The Forestland Group bought the land in 2003 for a little more than $144 million. Almost a decade later, the TIMO, the Conservancy and the state hammered out the Big U.P. Deal. The company sold the sensitive lands around the Two Hearted River watershed to the Conservancy for $13.6 million. Those 23,318 acres of land will continue to be sustainably managed by the Conservancy as commercial timberland. That means that trees will be selectively harvested and sold, and the profits will be reinvested into the project or other conservation deals. On the rest of the nearly quarter million acres, The Forestland Group sold a conservation easement for almost $38 million to the Conservancy, which transferred it to the state for the same price. The easement's terms restrict future development. A few areas—mostly waterfront parcels around some lakes—are available for low-density development. A limited number of such sales are permitted; future owners will be required to manage part of their land as commercial forest, harvesting timber and allowing public access to most of the land.
But the vast majority of the land cannot be developed at all and must continue as commercial forestland—with The Forestland Group and any future owners restricted to practicing sustainable forestry.
State officials and local people like the deal because it keeps the U.P.'s economy chugging along while maintaining vast tracts of healthy working forest—which are open to the public. The Conservancy likes the deal because much more land was preserved than the organization could have afforded to protect on its own.
But why would a TIMO go for the deal, burdening its land with such restrictions? For starters, money. The easement offered The Forestland Group a chance to realize a big chunk of its investment up front.
"Economically the deal made sense because of the influx of cash" from the Conservancy, Hagan says. And, he adds, his company believes that investors value the FSC stamp of approval because it signifies that the land is well-managed. For The Forestland Group, sustainable logging isn't merely a nice thing to do for the planet; it's also a smart thing to do for business.
Jon Fosgitt is counting on other businesses and investors to catch on to the double bonus of well-managed forests. The forester, who also holds a degree in rhetoric, argues persuasively that over the long term, sustainable forestry will pay. And he's using the Conservancy's 23,000 acres as a demonstration project to prove it.


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The "funny bone" is a nerve (ulnar nerve) that runs down the back of the elbow. When the highly sensitive ulnar nerve is bumped, a person feels pain and a tingly, prickly feeling.
Although intense, the pain and tingling are brief, normal sensations and generally will go away on their own.
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Meaning & Origins
Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of the very many places in England named in Old English as 'the western enclosure', from west 'west' + tūn 'enclosure, settlement'.
|2,227th in the U.S.
English: patronymic from Will.
|1,148th in the U.S.
Nicknames & variations
Westin, Westen, Westina, Westine, Westyn, Westan, Westney, Westeen, Westanna, Westom
Williams, Willis, Williamson, Wallace, Wells, William, Willard, Walls, Willoughby, Willingham


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Ayesha Burdett, Bioscience Curator at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, talks about why you can find more than 300 species of butterflies across New Mexico.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
1801 Mountain Road Northwest
Albuquerque, NM
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I bought this kit several months ago for 350, therefore that's what I want for it. It has matching numbers, passes bullet test easily, has very strong rifling with your typical pitting but not as bad as most! It is in good to very good condition for a yugo. The wood is not perfect as with most you'll find. The wood will refinish nicely if you put time into it though. I was going to build it but am now selling a bunch of stuff to put towards a new jeep chassis.
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Below is the poem entitled FRONT BEARLY HUGS which was written by poet
Olive Eloisa
Guillermo. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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Olive Eloisa
Olive Eloisa Guillermo
eye-to-eye, we meet says the songs..
glued stare nothing comes along..
forgetting all worries and wrong..
I shove my hands and arms..
Inviting you to be near and give a hug..
I will lay my head affront your chest..
Closing my eyes in whole contentment..
No inches apart, as my body fits to yours..
Building true comfort, melting my fears..
Shifting my head against your neck..
Languidly, i move my cheeks to a pur..
Such incomparable, wonderful feeling!
Only you and i can share in the right timing..
I hold on to seconds, minutes to hours..
Promising you and i, sweet not sour..
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dedicated to persons who is like me wishes for a hug from my family...
HUGS. free gesture of comfort, care, concern, affection and love... if it's given wholeheartedly, surely it can lift one's soul.. it encourages a spirit to burn...
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The pen was once deemed mightier than the sword. In a modern update, the Internet is now considered as powerful a weapon as traditional munitions.
The Pentagon has concluded for the first time that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that would allow the United States to retaliate with conventional forces. The Pentagon will release portions of its cyberstrategy later this week, which The Wall Street Journal reports will "attempt to grapple with a changing world in which a hacker could pose as significant a threat to U.S. nuclear reactors, subways or pipelines as a hostile country's military."
In 2008, the Pentagon's own computer system was infiltrated. While officials said they believed the attacks originated in Russia, Russia has denied involvement. The Pentagon's forthcoming report will deal with, among other issues, whether it's possible to be certain about an attack's origin, and how to decide whether such an attack is serious enough to be considered an act of war.


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Editor's Note: This resident uses a pseudonym due to the situation's sensitivity.
Regarding your article informing people of FamiliesFirst Network needing people to take care of foster children:
Let your readers know that this is not an easy process.
It is very hard to become certified in the first place.
---Below: Watch "Editor's Notes" to learn more about this letter---
Once you do become certified, there are a number of things that could happen to you and your family that FFN and Department of Children and Families do not tell you about.
I have been in the military for over 10 years, and my wife and I already have four amazing kids. We wanted to adopt but saw the need to take care of foster children.
We were accused and found guilty of neglect and abuse by DCF after five months of taking care of two wonderful children. We have no problem with investigations being conducted for the children's safety and wellbeing; however, we believe this investigation was biased and not conducted in any sort of professional manner so as to ascertain if any abuse actually took place.
We are not the first family to be wrongly accused of abuse. And because of this, six families at our church will now not become foster parents.
I say that to say this: If you want to foster, do your homework, and have $10,000 in the bank for your lawyer's fees.
Be prepared to not be able to foster or adopt because someone somewhere said your kid might be abused.
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Governor OMalley Signs New Laws To Protect Marylands Fisheries And Encourage Aquaculture
Annapolis, Md. (May 19, 2011) –- Governor Martin O'Malley today signed into law legislation to protect Maryland's fisheries and encourage shellfish aquaculture. The legislation, supported by scientists, watermen, fishing and environmental organizations, is designed to deter harmful fishing activity by increasing penalties for oyster, blue crab, and striped bass poachers; authorizing Natural Resources Police (NRP) officers to inspect commercial fishing business's storage areas; and streamlining penalty imposition processes.
"Through this legislation, we are sending a strong message in the fight to protect some of our most valued natural resources," said Governor O'Malley. "By expanding aquaculture opportunities we are taking an innovative approach towards reviving our native oyster population, while at the same time, protecting oysters and our other fragile resources by punishing those who would wantonly disregard the law."
Senate Bill 159, sponsored by Senator Brian Frosh, and House Bill 273 require the revocation (through an administrative hearing) of an individual's commercial fishing license within 60 days of oyster poaching violations.
"These bills will help Maryland's premier fisheries and the folks who depend on them for their livelihoods. They're a win for everyone—except poachers," said Senator Frosh, a member of the Chesapeake Bay Commission.
Similarly, Senate Bill 635, sponsored by Senator Frosh and House Bill 1154, introduced by Delegate Jim Gilchrist, require the revocation of an individual's commercial fishing license if they are found by an Administrative Law Judge to have knowingly committed an egregious or repeat violation against striped bass or blue crabs including: using illegal gear; harvesting during closed seasons; harvesting from a closed area; violating established harvest, catch or size limits; or violating tagging and reporting requirements.
Senate Bill 655, along with House Bill 1225, increase the penalty for engaging in commercial fishing with a suspended license, a revoked license or without a license, by establishing a fine of up to $25,000 and imprisonment for up to one year. A higher fine and possible imprisonment will deter future violations resulting from fishing on a suspended commercial license.
"To bring the Chesapeake Bay back to full health, we need to not only clean up the Bay, but ensure that the resources – shellfish and finfish – are not poached and overfished," said Senator Paul G. Pinsky, the bill's sponsor and member of the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee. "Breaking the law of the water harms the stock, the Bay itself and the people of Maryland. We must send a clear and strong message."
This year, NRP seized 10,825 yards of illegal anchored gill net, with 32,204 pounds of striped bass retrieved from these nets. This was the largest illegal poach seized in Maryland in decades. As a response, the General Assembly passed House Bill 1252, which establishes a new misdeameanor charge for the unlawful capture of over $20,000 worth of striped bass (as determined by the proceeds of the unlawful capture). The charge carries a penalty of up to than two years imprisonment.
"Coastal Conservation Association Maryland believes this legislation will not only allow more effective law enforcement, but also act as a deterrent for habitual offenders that have become accustomed to a slap on the wrist for their crimes," said Tony Friedrich, Executive Director of Coastal Conservation Association Maryland. "We would like to commend the Governor, the Department and leadership in the General Assembly for their support and advocacy for these bills. CCA Maryland feels these enhanced laws highlight the need for all stakeholder groups and those they represent to do their part to promote the accountable and wise use of Maryland's natural resources."
Governor O'Malley also signed into law today bills that will streamline administrative hearings for natural resource violations and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of law enforcement officers who protect Maryland's natural resources.
Senate Bill 414 and House Bill 396 authorize NRP officers to inspect licensed commercial vessels, vehicles, and premises where Maryland fishery resources may be stored. The new law also helps to modernize fisheries law enforcement by authorizing NRP officers to issue electronic citations, thereby enabling officers to spend a greater portion of their time doing law enforcement instead of administrative work. The law also allows DNR to suspend or revoke a license after providing the opportunity for a hearing, thus preserving the rights of defendants while streamlining administrative enforcement and allowing the NRP to focus on new cases.
The Governor also signed several bills consistent with Maryland's Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan to encourage shellfish aquaculture business growth.
"The 2011 Maryland Legislative session has produced three aquaculture bills that will improve the process of issuing water column leases in the State," said John Shockley, waterman and co-owner of Hooper's Island Oyster Aquaculture Company. "The availability of barren bottom within oyster sanctuaries will give watermen and others access to prime leases for water column oyster aquaculture. The passing of these bills will provide opportunities to Maryland watermen, allowing them to once again bring Maryland to the forefront of oyster production."
Senate Bill 847 and House Bill 1053, introduced on behalf of the Governor, will streamline the aquaculture permitting process by consolidating and transferring several important aquaculture functions within one State agency. DNR will now coordinate all aquaculture permitting, issue water column leases, and staff the Aquaculture Coordinating Council and Aquaculture Review Board.
Finally, House Bill 208 allows the Department to lease barren areas located within oyster sanctuaries for aquaculture. This law increases opportunities for new and growing small businesses engaged in oyster aquaculture. The expansion of aquaculture areas along barren submerged land will also increase natural disease resistance in the wild oyster population, create localized water quality improvements, create more oyster shell habitat, and enhance the natural recruitment of baby oysters within sanctuaries.
|May 19, 2011
Contact: Josh Davidsburg
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for providing natural and living resource-related services to citizens and visitors. DNR manages nearly a half-million acres of public lands and 17,000 miles of waterways, along with Maryland's forests, fisheries and wildlife for maximum environmental, economic and quality of life benefits. A national leader in land conservation, DNR-managed parks and natural, historic and cultural resources attract 11 million visitors annually. DNR is the lead agency in Maryland's effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the state's number one environmental priority. www.dnr.maryland.gov.


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Karbonn Mobile on Wednesday launched its range of smartphones powered by Hexa core and Octa core processors, the Titanium Hexa, Titanium Octane and Titanium Octane Plus. All the three smartphones have dual-SIM support and will be available in India by the first week of April.
The Titanium Hexa will feature a 5.5-inch full HD display and will have a 1.5GHz Hexa core processor paired with 2GB RAM. It will have an internal storage of 16GB, a 13MP rear camera, 5MP front-facing camera and 2050 mAh battery. The Titanium Hexa is priced at Rs 16,990.
The Titanium Octane is a 5-inch phablet with 1280 x 720p resolution, 1.7GHz Media Octa-core processor, 1GB RAM, 13MP rear camera, 5MP front-facing camera and 2000 mAh battery. It will be available for Rs 14,490.
Lastly, the Octane Plus packs in a full HD display, 16MP rear camera, 8MP front-facing camera and 2GB RAM. Rest of the specifications are same as Octane. The price is Rs 17,990.
All the three smartphones are dual SIM phones and will run the latest version of Android operating system, KitKat, and will be equipped with camera features such as smile detection, object tracking, face detection, auto focus and sensors such as G-Sensor, proximity sensor, magnetic sensor.
Karbonn Mobile has entered into a strategic partnership with MediaTek. Pradeep Jain, Managing Director, Karbonn, says: "The collaboration with MediaTek which enables advanced multitasking and better performance is our endeavour to introduce devices which can answer every emerging need in the industry."


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OK, I broke down and made a video on Teleconverters. One thing I hope it helps with is understanding the DOF loss when using a teleconverter. Enjoy!Read More
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This movie requires Flash Player 9 The 70-200VR2 really is a gorgeous lens. But, is it the right tool for you? I've written what seems like a bunch on it, but...Read More
With the posting of my camera bag contents, a number of emails and phone have come in with one simple question, "Why all the 200mm duplication?" That's a damn good question, seriously! Why would anyone have a duplication of focal length let along four times (counting the 70-180 which is purt near 200mm)?
If you look at the three main "200mm" lenses I have, there is one difference that stands out. You have a f/2, f/2.8 and f/4. That's one of the major reasons why I have the three in my bag. Next to light, DOF is a major influence in my photography.Read More
Seriously, this is how it went. I'm sitting at my desk. Always set up next to me is the 600mm so I can photograph birds out the window while I'm at my desk working. I was finishing up details for a project coming up in a few months and needed to check something out on the map. We have a 6′ Alaska map on the wall and being lazy, I swung the 600mm to look at the logistics of the location. Without really thinking about it, I attached the TC-20e3 to see more detail (lazy slug I am) and that's when it occurred to me. Make a clickRead More
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Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations
Nina Mjagkij
Taylor & Francis, Sep 1, 2003 - Social Science - 700 pages
This A-Z Encyclopedia includes information on over 500 organizations, their founders and membership, and the ways in which these diverse African American organizations have influenced blacks in America. An important resource for every library, this Encyclopedia is both authoritative and engrossing, with entries on: * African Aid Society * African-Americans for Humanism * Black Academy of Arts and Letters * Black Women's Liberation Committee * Minority Women in Science * National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists * National Dental Association * National Medical Association * Negro Railway Labor Executives Committee * Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association * Women's Missionary Society, African Methodist Episcopal Church * and many more.
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Indonesian ministry orders Pertamina to cancel Central Java FSRU project
Indonesia's State-Owned Enterprises Ministry has ordered Pertamina to cancel its proposed 3 million mt/year Central Java floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) project, a senior official with the state-owned oil and gas company said Friday.
This is the second FSRU project to be shot down by the ministry within a month, in what appears to be an effort to streamline the various FSRU projects being planned in the country.
Pertamina has temporarily suspended all work on the project, Gunung Sardjono Hadi, president director of Pertamina Gas, Pertamina's gas subsidiary, said.
"We are completing the front-end engineering design of the FSRU project, but the tender for the engineering, procurement and construction contract will be halted until it is clear whether we can go ahead with the project," he said.
Pertamina had originally planned to bring the FSRU on stream by 2013. The company was planning to spend $1.15 billion on the FSRU and associated pipelines linking East Java, Central Java and West Java.
Last month, the ministry asked state-owned gas utility Perusahaan Gas Negara to cancel its proposed FSRU in Belawan, North Sumatra, and only proceed with its planned LNG import project in Lampung, South Sumatra.
The ministry told PGN that conversion of Pertamina's Arun LNG plant in Aceh to an import terminal could easily supply gas to North Sumatra and that there was no need for another FSRU there.
According to Hadi, the ministry expects the Lampung FSRU to be able to meet demand in Central Java.
The Lampung FSRU could supply gas to Central Java through a South Sumatra-West Java pipeline owned by PGN, Hadi said, adding that a vast pipeline network was also being planned to connect West Java, Central Java and East Java.
"The Lampung FSRU has led to the Central Java FSRU no longer being important, according to state-owned enterprises ministry," Hadi said.
"However Pertagas will hold a discussion with the Energy and Mines Ministry on gas demand in Java next month to make a final decision on whether the Central Java FSRU is important or not," he said.
"Some local industries and the Cilacap refinery have shown interest to buy gas from the Central Java FSRU. But we have to calculate the demand comprehensively, including the availability of gas supply in the next five years," Hadi said.
The government is being forced to evaluate the country's current FSRU projects for economic reasons, a government official who declined to be named said Friday.
Both the Belawan and Central Java FSRUs are considered not economically beneficial, as other projects are better placed to supply gas to those regions, he said.
Pertagas was in talks with Total and Inpex to buy 900,000 mt/year of LNG from the Mahakam block in East Kalimantan to feed its proposed 3 million mt/year FSRU in Central Java.
Besides the Lampung and Central Java FSRUs, Pertamina and PGN are close to completing a 3 million mt/year West Java facility, which is expected on stream in May this year.
Pertamina is also planning eight mini LNG receiving terminals with a combined capacity of 1 million mt/year expected on stream in the third quarter of 2013.
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Nick Ingram: Rosy outlook? Certainly if you're single
Posted: February 18, 2013|
IF I AM to register my disappointment I might just as well do it in a Frankie Howerd style: 'O woe, O woe, thrice woe, alas alack, I'm always alacking Mrs.'
There that gets the dramatic emotional bit out of the way.
Why am I feeling like this you may well ask? After all the past week cannot have been that bad. The Council may well be putting the tax up, but in the end life has been quite sweet. Spring is on the way and the blossom is coming out. Winter is nearly over. Hmm... then again I think I need to qualify the above dramatic emotional bit with a short narrative.
You see there was my fine self thinking that because it was Valentine's Day that love would be in the air. Cards would fall through the letter box from all my secret admirers across Plymouth. Gifts would shower down from above. I would be covered in a blanket of warm fuzziness. As I walked down the street I would be accompanied by the flutter of a pair of Turtle Doves softly cooing from above.
And what happened in reality? Well, nothing. Not a thing. It was as if the Turtle Doves had been blown out of the sky by a double barrelled shotgun. A wooden spoon would have been nice. But I did not even get one of them. There was not even so much as a friendly belch in my direction. The feeling of warm fuzziness gave way to the cruel winds of arctic night, leading to disappointment and the dramatic emotional bit.
Now at this stage you may well be thinking that somehow I stink? It may be the case that I do not have a very good hygiene routine, and that is why all the blondes and the brunettes run in the opposite direction every time I turn up? You may also believe that I am not a well dressed man, who has the habit of wearing grubby old string vests to white tie dinners? You may also by thinking that I lack the social skills to attract the female of the species?
If you hold on to these assumptions you would be wrong! I have a very good hygiene routine thank you very much, and my breath smells of sweet perfume. I believe the way I dress is both dapper, modern, and within the norms set by the twenty first century high street. String vests are so not my thing. As far as social skills go I always thought they were acceptable within most social situations. Sophistication and charm has always been the name of the game Miss Moneypenny.
But in the end is this just too much navel gazing for one column? Should I just come out with it and state that really I hate Valentine's Day? It's rubbish. Down with love!
Who needs all the hassle? This is not the sound of cynicism but the voice of someone wondering what all the fuss is about? So you buy her flowers and some cheap Cava from the petrol station! And what does this amount to? It amounts to the fact that you forgot. Roll over Beethoven and play me another tune.
Personally I think it's more a case that I'm ecstatically happy being single at the moment. And being that I have no baggage I can just do what the hell I want. Call me selfish, but it's true! I can go to the cinema and choose what I want to see – normally something moody with subtitles. I can go for a run or slob out on the settee. These are just some of the freedoms of being single.
Wait there's more. I can walk in to a book shop and buy the books I want to buy with out someone nagging over my shoulder: 'you sure you want to buy a book like that?' The answer would normally be yes: and then I would buy it. But being single means I can do this in peace. Being single means freedom from being nagged.
On top of this though it also means I don't have to go and pick up the kids from school. I don't have any. It also means I can sit around all day writing and not be interrupted by some one with an unreasonable request. In this sense being single is pure unadulterated bliss.
So the dramatic emotional bit is nothing other than unnecessary. I'm free. I'm single. I hope this state lasts a little longer. After all there is so much I want to do, and it's good to be flying solo.
Valentine's Day, I'm glad it's gone again until next year. When I hope I will still be single and free. After all sending cards all the time is such a waste of money.


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Tyler Blackburn Reveals Major Pretty Little Liars Summer Finale Spoilers, "Hope" for Haleb – Exclusive
In an exclusive interview with Wetpaint Entertainment, Pretty Little Liars star Tyler Blackburn (Caleb Rivers) revealed some new clues about "A," the "men" in the Liars' lives, and why Caleb really broke up with Hanna (Ashley Benson). Read on for answers to some of the craziest PLL questions ever.
Wetpaint Entertainment: Troian Bellisario recently told us that the guys are going to step up and start helping these chicks get rid of this maniac.
Tyler Blackburn: Yes. Absolutely, very soon, very soon.
What can we expect to trigger that?
I can't really say what happens with that, but Caleb definitely loves the girls in a lot of ways. And he also does feel the wrath of "A." "A" is a lot darker. The show gets pretty dark.
Is there power in numbers, though?
Truly. I think that's part of it. Truthfully, I think the girls are really fed up, as anybody would be. They're really fed up, and they need some reinforcements. Their relationships with the men in their lives, I think, got them so much stronger, and there's a trust there. So we've been inducted into their world of crazy.
Is there an event that brings them to that point?
I think it's different for each guy. So it's not for one big event. Caleb has always been the tech-savvy dude, and pretty smart, street smart, and I think he brings that to the table. But it's not like, this huge thing happens where he's like, "I need to help out."
Are you relieved to finally stop asking questions?
Yeah. Absolutely. I mean I broke up with Hanna based on lies. So I'm not going to say too much about that, actually. But we definitely figure some things out, and I'm not being lied to anymore.
So there's hope in the relationship?
Anything you can tease about the finale or the Halloween episode?
We're shooting the Halloween episode right now, and it's awesome. The costumes are really cool. I'm going to be the Phantom of the Opera. But the mid-season finale is explosive. It goes out with a bang. Let's just put it that way.
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Pittsburgh Panthers 49, New Mexico Lobos 27
By Richard Stevens – Senior Writer/GoLobos.com.
In an area that was crucial to New Mexico success in Pittsburgh, the Lobos came up huge. New Mexico came up with four takeaways Saturday in Pittsburgh, which greatly helped the Lobos in reaching the scoreboard.
And slowed down Pittsburgh's run to the board.
The Lobos got interceptions from Dante Caro and Dallas Bollema while Caro and Isaiah Brown pounced on loose balls on the grass of Heinz Field.
The Lobos also went East hoping to dominate the clock and that stat also leaned toward New Mexico: 36:42 to 23:18 in time of possession. The clock and those opportunistic defensive gems helped UNM, but didn't make much difference in the outcome.
The Panthers built a 35-6 halftime lead, pushed it to 42-6 on their first possession of the second half and then hung on for the 49-27 victory.
Pitt ended the game with 527 total yards to 270 for New Mexico. The Panthers racked up 283 yards on the ground to 213 for the Lobos. Kasey Carrier, the nation's leading rushing going into Pittsburgh, was held to 22 yards on only seven carries. He had 41 totes at UTEP a week earlier.
The Lobos ran 69 plays to 52 for Pitt, but the Panthers averaged 10.1 yards per play while UNM averaged 3.9 yards. Pitt passed for 244 yards to 57 for the Lobos.
The cruncher for the Lobos in this non-conference game in Heinz Field was the first 30 minutes. Pitt gave up three turnovers in the first half, but was still dominant on the field and on the scoreboard. The Panthers had 388 first-half yards to 59 for UNM, averaged 12.5 yards per play to 2.0 for the Lobos and had 17 first downs to five for the visitors from the West.
The Lobos ran for five yards in the first half.
The Lobos' challenge was to play better in the second half, get some momentum to carry into their bye week, and get better for their Sept. 28 Mountain West opener at home on Branch Field vs. UNLV.
The Lobos did play better in the second half using a Cole Gautsche-fueled option to score two unanswered touchdowns and put some respectability on the scoreboard at 42-20. Gautsche, coming off a bye week of his own due to concussion-like symptoms, played well.
The sophomore quarterback had 50 yards on 10 carries and scored two TDs.
The bad thing about the option -- in this game with this score -- was it worked too much time off the clock and made it difficult to climb out of that 42-6 hole. The Lobos stalled at the 13:15 mark of the fourth quarter when they faked a punt, but the run was stuffed by Pitt. That pretty much ended any shot of a miracle comeback. Pitt marched on its next possession to form its 49-20 gap.
The Lobos scored late, a Crusoe Gongbay 20-yard run at the :52 mark, to shorten the final gap. Gongbay finished with 95 yards on 10 carries.
Pitts' Tom Savage went 13-of-17 for 236 yards. The Panthers had two runners over 100 yards with Isaac Bennett rolling for 101 and James Connor bulling for 119. Tyler Boyd hauled in six passes for 134 yards and Devin Street had five receptions for 80 yards.
The loss dropped UNM to 1-2 on the season heading toward an important MW opener. UNLV beat UNM 35-7 in 2012 in Las Vegas. Pitt moves on toward Duke.
"I think we were overwhelmed," said Lobo Coach Bob Davie. "We were rattled. We weren't in rhythm at all in the first half. We were out of rhythm.
"Defensively, we just couldn't stop them. We just couldn't tackle them. They exploited us and that's a concern. Because we can't win unless we can stop someone. It's a concern right now."
The score at the half, 35-6, leaned heavily toward Pittsburgh – as did the game stats. "We got hit hit in the mouth hard in the first half," said Davie.
The Lobos came up with three takeaways which only led to three Lobo points on the board, but the steals helped mightily in keeping the ball out of Pitt hands. The Lobos started the first quarter with a Pitt turnover and started the second quarter with a Pitt turnover.
The first quarter began with a good start for the Lobos, but it was not a good quarter on the board. Pittsburgh's Tom Savage went into the pocket off some play action and completed his first pass of the game: to UNM's Dante Caro. The Lobos took over at the 31, failed to drive, and missed a 46-yard field goal on 4th-and-10.
The Panthers took over and got a first-down running the ball. Savage then hit Tyler Boyd on a deep post route that led to Savage finding a wide-open tight end, Scott Orndoff, in the right side of the end zone on 3rd-and-four. 7-0
The Lobos got on the board thanks to a 74-yard kickoff return by Carlos Wiggins. Again, the UNM offensive fizzled, but Justus Adams banged a 28-yard field goal off the post. 7-3.
Pittsburgh worked the edges on their next drive and ended it with Boyd going 33 yards on an end-around. 14-3. The Panthers again did not allow the Lobos to find a first down. Pitt took over and drove for another score: 21-3.
You look at time of possession in the first 15 minutes and it didn't look that bad for the Lobos: 7:34 for Pitt, 7:26 for UNM. The rest of the numbers leaned mightily toward the Panthers: 206 total yards to minus eight, nine first downs to zero, 11.4 yards per play to minus 0.8. The Lobos had minus 11 yards rushing.
The Lobos got a break in the second quarter when a Ben Skaer punt came down off a Panther leg and Caro recovered for his second takeaway. UNM drove to the Pitt 1-yard line and was looking at a 4th-and-goal. UNM lined up to go for it, shifting Gautsche out of the huddle in favor of Mitchem, and were called for a delay of game. UNM settled for an Adams' field goal. 21-6.
Pitt rolled through the UNM defense for another score with Connor bulling his way for the final 38 yards over the left side of the UNM defense: 28-6. A Pitt drive late in the quarter ended with a Dallas Bollema interception at the UNM 13-yard line.
UNM took over with 3:12 to play, but lost the ball on fourth down. Pitt took over on its 44 with 23 seconds to play. Savage put a dagger in the Lobos' back with a Hail-Mary bomb to the back of the end zone that Boyd pulled down in traffic with no ticks on the clock. Pitt left the field with a 29-point lead.
"I leave here with mixed emotions," said Davie. "I know how far we have to go. But I also know we have a chance to be pretty good.
"We didn't play as good as we can play today. I understand that. But there was no division. There was no quiting. There was no pointing fingers. I think we are building something."