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The Gate 26/32 question, Where did AA 11 departure?
Aug 29 2006, 04:05 PM
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Some of you may know that there are conflicting accounts regarding the departure gate of AA 11. Some sources say it was Gate 26, some say Gate 32.
I gathered the evidence here (my first 9/11 piece):
The 9/11 Commission Report was published half a year later and presented - in my eyes - confirmation for the oddities at Logan Airport. F.I. in the footnotes we learn that some of the passengers of Flight 11 boarded the plane after the push-back! Can any aviation expert tell me how this is possible?
9. See TSA report, "Selectee Status of September 11th Hijackers," undated. For boarding and seating information, see AAL record, SABRE information on Flight 11, Sept. 11, 2001.These boarding times from the American system are approximate only; for Flight 11, they indicated that some passengers "boarded" after the aircraft had pushed back from the gate. See AAL response to the Commission's February 3, 2004, requests, Mar. 15, 2004.
Chapter I, note 9
But there's more, even better:
6. For Flight 11, two checkpoints provided access to the gate. The second was opened at 7:15 A.M. The FAA conducted many screener evaluations between September 11, 1999, and September 11, 2001.At the primary checkpoints, in aggregate, screeners met or exceeded the average for overall, physical search, and X-ray detection, while falling below the norm for metal detection. No FAA Special Assessments (by "red teams") were done at Logan security checkpoints during the two years prior to September 11, 2001. See FAA briefing materials, "Assessment and Testing Data for BOS, EWR, and IAD," Oct. 24, 2001.
Chapter I, Note 6
I was wondering why two checkpoints provide access to one gate. I always thought one checkpoint provides access to multiple gates.
Loose Change member JackD has provided me with a nice map of the AA Terminal at Logan:
Obviously, there is only one security checkpoint for Gate 32 (the gate favoured by the 9/11 Commission). But - and this is interesting - Gate 26 has to be entered through a different checkpoint.
Is that what the 9/11 Commission means? One checkpoint for each gate? But why don't they mention gate 26, and which of the planes was Flight 11, anyway?
Do multiple checkpoints for one gate make sense at all?
Anyone here familiar with Logan Airport?
Jan 16 2007, 06:59 PM
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QUOTE (woody @ Aug 29 2006, 03:05 PM)
Some of you may know that there are conflicting accounts regarding the departure gate of AA 11. Some sources say it was Gate 26, some say Gate 32.
I have heard numerous rumors on this and I won't repeat them here. Does anyone have the facts on this?? Two gates? Two flights?
Jan 16 2007, 07:13 PM
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The only thing I can think of is that Flt. 11 was to originally depart out of one gate, but then, for whatever reason, there was a gate change. Happens all the time. Maybe the original gate was occupied, or there was a problem with a plane, and they chose to use another plane out of a different gate.
I am trying to remember the layout of Logan. I was based there from 1993-94, so much has changed. However, I know American has added gates. There are two checkpoints to enter through to the secure areas. There used to be just one, but when they reconfigured the airport, they opened up another checkpoint.
At that time of the day, there would have been one checkpoint open, but the other checkpoint would have opened up to keep things and passengers going through smoothly.
I think the commission simply means that a passenger could enter through either checkpoint to access the gate in question.
Jan 18 2007, 02:11 PM
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Woody, and V2Rotator --
Logan Airport's terminal B has/had more parts than are shown in that restaurant map -- which in fact only shows the "top" part of Terminal B.
B Terminal at Massport's Logan Airport has parking lot in the middle. Cars, buses and taxis access via a loop road. Thus you have a "B1" and a "B2" boarding area that do not meet. if you fly into B1, say, on a Colgan Air flight from Maine (handled by US Airways), you have to exit secuirty, dash across a parking lot, and then ENTER B2 (american airlines, mostly)
if you mapquest.com with aerial view of Logan Airport, you see the Terminal B area at bottom part of map. You can easily see how you have to go from one separate building to another. Not impossible, but would cost time and effort, and if the connecting flight were late... .. and you would become flustered and sweaty with the effort.
The foot -path of alleged hijackers (take with grain of salt)
-- drive to Portland Maine on 9/10
-- go to WalMart. just before the store closes, ask where you can buy boxcutters.
(get captured on cameras in three places, check into motel)
-- 9/11 6am: almost miss your flight to Boston. checkin at Colgan air, get boarding pass for AA11 at same time.
-- arrive at Logan, cross parking lot, re-enter security. be late. almost miss your flight aa11. your checked in bags do NOT get onto AA11 for some reason.
according to Washington Post:
"Atta stated that he was assured he would have 'one-step check-in,' " according to the report. "The agent told [Atta and Alomari] that they had better get going if they were to make their flight. He said that Atta looked as if he were about to say something in anger but turned to leave."
Atta and Alomari barely made their flight from Portland to Boston, which, according to the Massachusetts Port Authority, was the only flight close enough to allow them to arrive in time to board American Flight 11 at Logan.
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States released its final report in July but turned over more detailed and classified information to the National Archives, which released the declassified material last week. The new information chronicles more of the hijackers' elaborate planning for the attacks as well as some of their missteps.
Upon arrival at Logan, Atta and Alomari had to go through security a second time, which is usually unnecessary for connecting flights at most U.S. airports. Because of the way the Boston airport is configured, the hijackers arrived at Gate 9 in Terminal B but needed to cross a parking lot and were observed asking for directions to the gate where they boarded American Flight 11, according to the report.
"No one knows what they knew" in planning the attacks, said Al Felzenberg, a former spokesman for the Sept. 11 commission. "The best we could do is retrace their steps. They did some careful planning and they also made some mistakes."
Jan 18 2007, 02:21 PM
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more information about Terminal B in Logan
North and South (my memory is they are called B1 and B2)
Terminal B
North side
* American Airlines (Aruba [seasonal], Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Manchester (UK) [seasonal], Miami, New Orleans [seasonal], Orlando, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [seasonal], Providenciales [seasonal], San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Shannon [ends October 2006], St. Louis, St. Thomas (seasonal), West Palm Beach)
o American Eagle (Baltimore/Washington, Bangor, Columbus, Halifax, Newark, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia, Raleigh/Durham, St. Louis, Toronto, Washington-Reagan)
South side
* Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma)
* Spirit Airlines (Detroit, Myrtle Beach)
* US Airways (Aruba, Bermuda, Cancún, Charlotte, Montego Bay, Nassau, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Punta Cana, San Juan)
o US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
o US Airways Shuttle operated by US Airways (New York-LaGuardia, Washington-Reagan)
o US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Buffalo, Pittsburgh)
o US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Buffalo, Charleston (SC), Indianapolis, Myrtle Beach, Richmond, Rochester (NY), Savannah)
o US Airways Express operated by Colgan Air (Albany, Augusta (ME), Bar Harbor, Hyannis, Islip, Nantucket, Presque Isle, Rockland, Syracuse, White Plains)
o US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Harrisburg, Syracuse)
o US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)
mapquest for Logan Airport -- switch to aerial view to see terminal B
Jan 20 2007, 11:56 AM
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Wow, fascinating stuff!
The discrepancies between the flight attendant's accounts does make it appear that the recordings were fake.
My theory has always been that if drone aircraft were used at WTC, and passengers were somehow switched, those passengers and crew could be somewhere in the Federal Witness Protection Program, living lives with new identities.
If there were 2 aircraft at Logan that day and only 1 departed, then I guess the crew might have deplaned at Stewart?
Jan 23 2007, 06:32 PM
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hard to conclude much about where passengers went.
the fact that AA11 seems to have departed from 32, but a similarly tagged AA11 left from 26, argues that something was VERY wrong with AA11 from the start.
The fact that the commission alleges that some passengers boarded AFTER pushback from gate is troubling.
the passengers are NOT all in the witness protectino program. many are in fact simply missing -- presumed dead.
any of them showing up ALIVE would destroy the myth, cant have that happen!
remains of some AA11 attendant were found at Ground Zero.
Jan 29 2007, 10:36 PM
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That's my point. If the pax are missing and presumed dead, it is entirely possible that they are still living under new identities. THAT is how the witness protection program works. Instead of passengers, they are federal witnesses.
That would be especially convenient if the pax are serious players in the Military Industrial Complex.
Just a thought.
Jun 5 2007, 09:45 PM
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many passengers on AA11 worked for for industries like TJMAXX.
that is not a defense or intel service
it is a budget clothier.
so they were really real people who are really dead now. or at least missing.
Jun 6 2007, 08:14 AM
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QUOTE (JackD @ Jun 6 2007, 01:45 AM)
many passengers on AA11 worked for for industries like TJMAXX.
that is not a defense or intel service
it is a budget clothier.
so they were really real people who are really dead now. or at least missing.
I suspect that many of these people were Sayanims for the Mossad, which makes their employ irrelevent. I suspect that these people were involved, and are now living under new identities, either here, or in Israel. Others may have been whistleblowers or blackmail victims.
9/11 was the perfect cover to have some of these people "disappeared". This does not mean that they had to be onboard the aircraft. Some may have been intercepted at the terminal, and quietly taken away. Remember, there was no CCTV footage, and so anything could have happened.
There is no less supporting evidence for this scenario than there is for the spurious claim of Arab hijackers.
In my opinion, family members who claim to be recipients of phone calls, such as the Bingham's, should be treated with caution. Calls such as Todd Beamer's to the operator were obviously staged, and others, such as "Mom, this is Mark Bingham" probably never happened. Have you ever seen this interview with his mother..
In this interview, she appears to be very nervous and awkward. Supporters of the official story want us to believe that she is suffering from extreme emotional stress due to having lost her son. However, take a look at this interview, and ask yourself, is this really due to her emotional state? Or is she suffering stress because she is lying about receiving a call from her son?
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As time goes on, I now think that either none of those passengers boarded, or they boarded and were deplaned elsewhere, such as Cleveland, whose terminal was evacuated for a "bomb threat" that morning.
I say that because it seems very likely that the aircraft that actually struck the towers were drone aircraft using some sort of laser targeting.
The passenger lists were generated out of thin air, or the pax boarded and were deplaned.
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This is really interesting. Is there any proof of this?
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very plausible analysis again! Makes a lot of sense.
What we need is the ATC-tapes where all the radio conversations have been recorded, as I suggested
The tape of the radio conversation with 'ground' or 'apron' might answer the question, which flight requested 'start up' and 'push back' on which gate.
It appears these tapes have been confiscated by the FBI.
Let's get them! You've (still) got the Freedom of Information Act in America!
Sep 17 2010, 03:43 PM
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A new entry on my blog since months:
Apparently the passengers of Flight 11 embarked on the plane after the plane had pushed back already. This is called a paradox. But the 9/11 Commission doesn't care.
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Thanks for that Woody!
As I recall there was some controversy over the gate number from early on. I think the Boston Globe even covered it.
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RE: chapter 6 of the Fetzer book, The 9/11 Conspiracy, The Scamming of America. The authors of that chapter are Morgan Reynolds and Rick Rjter. They state that AA flight #11 was not scheduled on 9/11.(page144) A footnote to that information gives a closed web address. Can anyone provide information on this topic? Thank You.
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RE: chapter 6 of the Fetzer book, The 9/11 Conspiracy, The Scamming of America. The authors of that chapter are Morgan Reynolds and Rick Rjter. They state that AA flight #11 was not scheduled on 9/11.(page144) A footnote to that information gives a closed web address. Can anyone provide information on this topic? Thank You.
0011 didn't fly on Tuesdays but 9-11 was a Tuesday...[BTS] records
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0011 didn't fly on Tuesdays but 9-11 was a Tuesday...[BTS] records
This is an important point.
The 1962 CIA Operation Northwoods suggestion is also for a
NON-SCHEDULED flight. This is necessary to keep any random
passengers from trying to board and to have total control of the passenger list.
Then Northwoods advises ....."all passengers are boarded under carefully prepared aliases".
So we've got a drone aircraft at Gate 26 and we are boarding passengers at Gate 32.
Both aircraft are AA11.
Everything between these gates and the North Tower are attempts at obfuscation.
Now we need to carefully examine the passenger list.
Please tell me how to find information on that topic.
I'm having trouble navigating around in this forum as I am a NEWBIE here.
Thank You, Dan
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Thursday, Oct 10, 2013
The Genealogy Center, like all agencies of the Allen County Public Library, will be open regular hours on Monday October 14, 2013 on the observance of Columbus Day.
A holiday to honor Christopher Columbus, the Genoa native who "sailed the ocean blue" in 1492 has always been a contentious notion. In the 1800s, many Americans were opposed to the idea because of its significance to immigrants, especially Italians, and Catholics. In the Twentieth Century, awareness of the effect of European settlement on the native peoples had a negative influence on the popularity of honoring Columbus.
October 12th became a national holiday in 1934, and in 1970, the observance was shifted to the second Monday in October. But even now, not all states observe the holiday as Columbus Day, but rather as alternative holidays.
All Federal offices, many state and local government offices and schools will be closed as usual, but the library will be open! So come on in and make your own discoveries!
Tuesday, Oct 08, 2013
Do you have brick walls holding you back in your research? Would you like a few new ideas for tackling those pesky road blocks? Want to hear how others have circumvented their obstructions? Come to the monthly gathering of the African American Genealogical Society of Fort Wayne on Thursday, October 10, 2013, at 6:30 PM, in Meeting Room B. Members will discuss new genealogical finds, as well as research brick walls, what's available and what avenues can help you overcome barriers in your research.
Non-members welcome! Bring your finds and your brick walls!
Sunday, Oct 06, 2013
Family History Month continues on Monday, October 7th, at 2 p.m. in Meeting Room A, when Cynthia Theusch will talk about School Records, how they may be useful in your research and how to find them. And then on Tuesday, October 8th, Delia Bourne will be Introducing the New PERSI, in Meeting Room A at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday evening, October 9th, the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana will hold their monthly meeting in Meeting Room C at 6:30 p.m., featuring Debbie Muntz on Research by Reading Abstracts. Non-members are welcome to attend.
The African American Genealogical Society of Fort Wayne will welcome all to their meeting on Thursday October 10th, in Meeting Room B for a lecture of African American genealogy.
On Sunday afternoon, 1 p.m. in Meeting Room A, John Beatty will discuss Mapping Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana, illustrating how the early maps of the region can aid genealogists and historians.
For more information about any of these programs, see the Family History Month brochure, call 260-421-1225 or send us an email. Take advantage of as any of these educational opportunities as possible!
Monday, Sep 30, 2013
Sunday, Sep 29, 2013
Curt Witcher, Manager of The Genealogy Center, kicks off Family History Month on Tuesday October 1st, at 2 p.m., in Meeting Room A with "What Am I To Do With This?!" A Basic Preservation Presentation on Caring for Family Treasures, concerning the basic best-practices regarding repairing, storing, and sharing family treasures.
Wednesday, October 2rd is Daughters of the American Revolution Day, with the ladies of the Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter in The Genealogy Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to offer assistance to those interested in membership. At the same time, they are also hosting their Preserve Your Bible Records Project, for which you may bring in family Bible records for them to scan, then transcribe.
On Thursday, October 3rd, Delia Bourne will Introduce the New PERSI, at 10 a.m. in Meeting Room A, and on Friday, October 4th, Cynthia Theusch will explain Using Interlibrary Loan to Enhance Your Research, in Meeting Room A at 10 a.m.
Saturday, October 5th, Margery Graham of the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana will host Beginning Genealogy, a workshop for beginning family historians. For more information, see the Registration form. Plus the DAR will be back on Saturday with another session of their Preserve Your Bible Records Project in The Genealogy Center.
The week finishes on Sunday, October 6th, with Sara Allen providing an Introduction to DNA for Genealogy, in Meeting Room A at 1 p.m.
For more information about any of these classes, see the brochure, and to register for any of these events except Beginning Genealogy, call 260-421-1225 or send an email. There's a lot of good information just waiting!
Thursday, Sep 26, 2013
For many years, The Genealogy Center has made a point of offering some family history event every day during the month of October to celebrate Family History Month.But this year, we have a number of days with additional events to supplement your research skills! This year's offerings include classes on technology and databases, immigration, locality based searching, research methodology for beginning and advanced family historians, consultations, and extended research hours. For a calendar and more information about the sessions, please see the Family History Month brochure!
Monday, Sep 23, 2013
Friday, Sep 20, 2013
by John
Sometimes a new book comes into The Genealogy Center that commands our attention on account of the novelty of its thesis or because it breaks convention with its approach to a particular subject. One such title was added to our collection this week, and while it is not "new" by its publication date, it does represent a wonderful new addition to our collection.
The book is New York City Neighborhoods: The 18th Century by Nan Rothschild (San Diego: Academic Press Inc., 1990) GC 974.702 N422rn. What makes it wonderful is its interdisciplinary approach to local history, employing a paradigm that is refreshingly different and even groundbreaking. It weaves together historical writing with ethnography, archaeology, cartography, urbanization, and architecture, giving us an unusual glimpse into the rise of New York City neighborhoods in the eighteenth century. Beginning with a detailed study of Manhattan at a grassroots level from the beginning of the eighteenth century, when there was still a strong Dutch cultural influence, it carries us to the period after the Revolution, when New York had become transformed into a modern urbanized setting stratified by economics and restructured by many new arrivals that had diluted the former Dutch colony.
Rothschild's thesis is this: "Early in the century, clusters of people that shared an ethnic identity lived and worked near each other. They spoke the same language, had a cultural heritage in common, and worshipped at the same church, but worked in a variety of occupations and lived at different economic levels. By the end of the century, after the Revolution, many of these early ethnically defined groups had dispersed, and people lived instead among those with similar occupations and levels of wealth."
She argues further that by 1790, powerful landowners had begun to exert influence on residential choices and together with new groups of immigrants and free blacks, shifted the spatial clustering of households and altered a larger pattern of how the city functioned. In support of her thesis, she uses a variety of tools, including archaeological studies of house foundations and animal bones found at the sites of taverns and markets, historical maps, and lists of residents from 1703 and 1789, all of which document this transformation.
What does this have to do with genealogy? In short, everything. The lists of residents derive from the 1703 and 1789 tax assessment rolls of Manhattan in the Municipal Archives of the City of New York. Like census records, they include the resident's name, tax rank (by number) street of residence, occupation, job class (by code), ward, and religion. Keys to the codes are provided at the end of both lists. In addition to some reprinted historical maps, a variety of new ones are included throughout the work showing the locations of churches, taverns, markets, and the distribution of ethnic groups by neighborhood and street.
We learn, for example, that in 1703, the Dutch were found widely in all wards but were concentrated heavily in the North Ward, while few English and Huguenots lived there. The English dominated the East Ward, especially on Queen Street, and in the Dock Ward, and were drawn to Trinity Church. Huguenots also frequented the East, Dock, and South Wards, and many lived close to the Dutch Reform Church. By 1789, Dutch- and English-descended residents were evenly dispersed through all the wards. Scots were spread through the East and Montgomerie wards, Germans lived primarily in the North Ward, Jews in the Dock and East wards, and free blacks almost entirely in the Montgomerie Ward. In other chapters Rothschild correlates the wards and ethnic groups by occupation, and she even studies specific varieties animal bones from archaeological sites to determine what kinds of fowl and fish people ate.
Even beyond these lists and the amazing array of sources, what makes the book instructive is its highly localized approach to the study of urbanization. By focusing on neighborhoods and using an integrative approach, Rothschild almost puts the reader onto the streets of New York in the eighteenth century, and she reconstructs those worlds in a way that a more generalized history of New York does not. She goes on to say, "The analytic method used here can be applied to any community where the appropriate documentation exists …The research presented is also of concern to many urban scholars, namely, how do people really live in the city? What are their lives like? What kinds of strategies do they use in adapting to the great numbers of these people, most of whom they do not know?"
These are the same sorts of questions genealogists should ask about their ancestors. As many professional genealogists will tell us, research is all about location, about connecting ancestors to the communities and neighborhoods around them. We do this not only to find associates and possible relatives of our immediate family (which may give us clues of earlier connections), but we should also do it to write more accurate and engaging family histories.
Monday, Sep 16, 2013
by Sara
Birth records can be found in many forms, but birth certificates remain the most restricted to genealogists. A living person's birth certificate will not be posted online, unless that person or another family member has scanned it and made it available online. And we recommend that you do not post your birth certificate on the Internet, even on websites like Facebook, Ancestry trees or elsewhere, due to the high risk of identity theft. Hospitals, doctors, government officials, and businesses are prohibited from publishing full birth certificates for the living online because of privacy laws.
If you need to order a copy of your own birth certificate, you must contact (in person, by telephone or mail) either the official state vital records office or the county health department in the state or county where you were born. You may also order a copy online via the Better Business Bureau accredited website, Vitalchek. Each state has differing laws, but generally speaking, the person named on the certificate, his/her parents, other close relatives, or his legal representative are the only persons authorized to request a copy of a living person's birth certificate. Adopted persons seeking copies of their original birth certificate should consult our guide to Adoption Research for more information on how to begin their search.
For deceased individuals, privacy laws vary from state to state concerning who can access historical birth certificates. In Indiana, the law states that anyone can request the birth certificate for a person who was born 75 or more years ago and is now deceased (with proof of death provided). Only close relatives or legal representatives can request birth certificates for deceased persons born less than 75 years ago. Keep in mind that some states did not start issuing birth certificates until the early twentieth century; so if you are seeking birth records from the nineteenth century and earlier, you may need to look at other sources such as church records as alternatives. To learn more about state laws regarding birth record availability, consult a reference book such as Ancestry's Red Book or Handybook for Genealogists, or the Where to Write for Vital Records website from the Centers for Disease Control.
Other sources of historical birth records include online databases, compiled books, and microtext in local libraries. A few states have begun posting historical birth certificates from the late 1800s and early 1900s online on genealogical websites such as Ancestry or FamilySearch, but Indiana is not one of those states. Other states such as California, Kentucky, Minnesota and Texas have released indexes to birth records for individuals born up to and including the 1990s, which would include living persons. These indexes are available on Ancestry or FamilySearch as well. They often provide limited information abstracted from the original birth certificate, such as the child's name, date of birth and birth location, but they do not include all the information from a full birth certificate. The Genealogy Center has many print, online, and microtext indexes to historical birth records from a variety of states. We also have copies of most Allen County, Indiana birth records from 1887 to 1920, and Fort Wayne birth records from 1882 to 1920 on microtext.
Caution should be exercised when attempting to order copies of birth certificates over the Internet. Many websites claim to offer "birth records" in exchange for a large fee, but actually will send you reports compiled from telephone directories and voter registration databases, instead of the official birth certificates. Do not fall for this false advertising and do not pay such sites any money unless you know exactly what you are getting in return. Only order birth certificates from a reputable source, such as from the state vital records office or county health department, following the links on the Where to Write for Vital Records website, or using the VitalChek website.
Thursday, Sep 12, 2013
by Delia
It's September, and children (grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends) are back in school. Most of us don't think that the sources we use on a daily basis provide any assistance to students unless they actually have a course on family history. But a number of sources with which we are familiar could prove to be very useful to young, non-family historians.
One great source is The Periodical Source Index (PERSI). Since we at The Genealogy Center produce it, I tend to be a bit more familiar than most with this wonderful source. Many years ago, one of my nieces was working on a long term American history project. PERSI provided numerous citations to articles of interest. My niece wrote a great paper and the teacher was very impressed with the variety of unusual sources.
For students studying state history, the older state and county histories and atlases available at The Genealogy Center, and online at Internet Archive and Family History Books, can also provide uncommon sources for research.
Volumes of history and experiences by ethnic groups or someone in military service can also add substance to a historical project. Letters, diaries and reminiscences provide color to the paper, but also provides a greater learning experience to the student. Books and websites of photos and newspaper accounts, which may be available online, are useful as well.
So this year, when a student you know begins research for a school project, from elementary school to graduate school, suggest some sources from your repertoire that will provide unusual resources to the student, and it just may spark an interest in someone in the next generation in historical research.
Monday, Sep 09, 2013
It's all too easy to take basic information from a record without examining what it has to reveal beyond the obvious. Attendees will witness the dissection of a death record to experience where it can lead the researcher beyond the decedent's date and place of death.
Part of the Family History Fundamentals series.
Saturday September 14, 2013, 10:00AM-11:00AM.
Meeting Room A.
Instructor: Dawne Slater-Putt.
To register for this free event, call 260-421-1225 or send us an email.
Friday, Sep 06, 2013
Interested in moving beyond beginning genealogy sources? Need a refresher of a few of the more advanced sources and techniques? Here's your chance. Margery Graham and Steve Myers are offering Beyond the Basics, a two-day mini-course on Friday and Saturday, October 11 & 12, 2013! The classes will include probate, land, tax, church and military records, problem solving and guidance in getting your ancestor back across the Atlantic, along with assisted research and personal consultations from Marge and Steve, who have more than 70 years of research experience between them.
9 AM to 4 PM, Friday and Saturday, October 11 and 12, 2013.
Meeting Rooms A&B, Main Library, Allen County Public Library.
For course description and registration form, see the brochure.
Space is limited. Register soon to avoid disappointment!
Thursday, Sep 05, 2013
Public Member Trees are one of the most popular yet also most maligned features of Ancestry.com. Hear how Public Member Trees can really help you. For users of the library's version, you will see tools for evaluating the trees and what to look for as red flags when the evidence seems inconsistent. For Ancestry subscribers, you will discover specific ways of adding value to the Trees, making them more useful for all users.
Part of the Beyond Ancestry's Leaves & Branches series.
Thursday September 12, 2013, 2:00PM-3:00PM.
Instructor: John Beatty.
To register for this free event, call 260-421-1225 or send us an email.
Saturday, Aug 31, 2013
It is Labor Day weekend, and while for many it is a time to mark the end of summer vacations, the holiday was originally instituted in 1894 to celebrate the contributions of American workers. For us genealogists, it seems to be a fitting time to think about the occupations of our ancestors. How did each of them earn a living, what knowledge and skills did they need to perform their work, and how did their occupation place them into the context of the time and place in which they lived? These are great questions to ask as we research and write our family histories.
I suspect that for most of our ancestors, especially before the Civil War, farming or some variation of farm labor dominated their lives, since America was overwhelmingly agricultural. However, even in rural areas, there were small shop keepers, millers, doctors, carpenters, and a variety of other skilled tradesmen. The federal censuses since 1850 listed the occupation of the respondent, and these can be extremely useful in documenting our ancestors' work, though sometimes a worker will be listed only as "laborer" without any additional detail. City directories will sometimes list the names of employers and can be useful, especially if we have urban ancestors working in factories or performing a particular skill.
Several books in our collection offer detailed descriptions of various occupations. In 1939, the U.S. Department of Labor compiled a "Dictionary of Occupational Titles," (973 D5636) which included detailed descriptions of various Depression-era trades. At more than 1,000 pages, the dictionary is surprisingly varied in its scope.
For earlier occupations, many of which may be archaic to a modern ear, there are several other useful dictionaries. Barbara Jean Evans's book, "A to Zax: A Comprehensive Dictionary for Genealogists & Historians" (929.03 Ev15aa), lists many unusual occupations, such as "tabellarius" for record keeper and "lacewoman" for ladies maid. Paul Drake's "What Did They Mean By That: A Dictionary of Historical Terms for Genealogists" (929 D78w) is also an excellent source with many occupational descriptions. For the eighteenth century and earlier, Richard Lederer's "Colonial American English" (973.2 Aa1L) is an especially useful source for archaic occupations. German researchers will often find occupations included in parish registers, and Ernest Thode's "German-English Genealogical Dictionary" (929 T35g) remains an essential reference tool.
So this Labor Day, let's remember our worker ancestors and envision performing their jobs. Whether they were plowing a field or hammering on an anvil near a forge, preaching in a pulpit or selling goods in a store, their legacy of work helped to shape each one of us.
Friday, Aug 23, 2013
Time and date: Monday August 19, 2013 at 8:55 a.m.: The Genealogy Center looks great! Everything is on order, no books or microfilm left to shelve. The copiers are all full of paper and working perfectly, and the Allen County Public Library's IT Services have installed an extra bank of computers. The months of planning and hard work have made us ready. It's like when you plan a party at your house, and the happiness you feel just before the first guest arrives. For us, it's the week of the Federation of Genealogical Societies "Journey Through Generations" Conference and we open our doors to more than 1500 guests!
So now it's Friday. It's an understatement to say it's been a busy week for staff and volunteers of The Genealogy Center. The Conference has finished with Librarian's Day on Tuesday, Society Day on Wednesday, and on Thursday, with the Exhibits Opening and a fabulous Keynote Session with Richard Aquila speaking about the origins of Rock 'n' Roll. He discussed its reflection of culture of the time, and the importance of understanding the culture in which one's ancestors lived. Other great sessions, workshops and luncheons, along with the opportunity to share experiences with other genealogists, have made this a wonderful experience.
Of course, most of the staff and many volunteers of The Genealogy Center haven't been able to take advantage of the full experience because we are also providing research opportunities, even adding a total of eighteen extra research hours to our regular schedule so that conference attendees would not have to skip sessions to exploring collection. During sessions, the crowds thin out as everyone is busy learning over at the Grand Wayne Center. But during breaks, and especially before and after sessions, The Genealogy Center is packed. There are books waiting to be shelved that will probably have to wait until next week. We've had to call the copier repairman (and thanks to him that he came so quickly!), and IT Services have responded to our cries for help, but it's all good. I think people are having a good time here and at the Conference.
The one type of question that I've gotten the most (besides directions to the restrooms!) is along the lines of "are you exhausted" and "I'll bet you'll be glad when this is over." Well, yes, I am tired, and I sleep very well these nights. But once I begin to interact with our visitors, listening and answering questions, trying to solve problems, the energy of the researchers and the conference attendees re-energizes me and I'm not tired anymore. Several staff members don't spend much time at the Convention Center, being needed to anchor The Center, but we still feel part of the activities.
And will we be glad when it's over? Well, you couldn't host a party every day, staff and volunteers probably couldn't sustain the energy levels indefinitely. But there will be a tremendous sadness when it's over. These conferences are a great deal of work, but they also provide a high level of enjoyment for us, too. We enjoy the questions. We like the fact that everyone is so happy to be here. We love the breakthroughs and trying to find new possibilities of research.
We still have the rest of today and the Special Event tonight in the Great Hall of the Allen County Public Library, Saturday's sessions luncheons and workshops, and the Farewell Brunch on Sunday morning, so we, and you, have lots of fun left, but I wanted to provide an answer to questions about how we feel. We feel great!
Saturday, Aug 17, 2013
The Genealogy Center, like all of the Allen County Public Library agencies, will be closed on Monday, September 2nd, for Labor Day. We will be open our regular hours on Saturday, August 31st, 9 AM to 6 PM, and Tuesday, September 3rd, 9 AM to 9 PM.
Starting the Sunday after Labor Day, September 8th, we begin Sunday hours, 12 noon to 5 PM.
"Discovering your roots just got easier!"
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Retailers report strong gains for June
NEW YORK (AP) -- June sales heated up for stores.
Costco Corp., Fred's Inc. and Stein Mart Inc. were among the retailers that reported their strongest sales gains since January, as shoppers, enticed by warm weather and an improving economy, took advantage of summer discounts.
Revenue at stores opened at least a year -- an industry measure of a store's health -- rose 3.9 percent in June compared with the same month a year ago, according to a preliminary tally of 12 retailers by the International Council of Shopping Centers. The mall trade group had expected an increase of 3 to 3.5 percent.
The data, released Thursday, offers positive signs for the back-to-school season, which is the second-biggest shopping period behind the winter holidays. June is when stores clear out summer merchandise to make room for goods for fall, so brisk sales mean that stores likely won't be stuck with piles of summer shorts and T-shirts that they need to get rid of.
June's performance was its best performance since January's 4.5 percent gain and showed a gradual improvement since early this spring. The tally was up 3.4 percent in May and 3 percent in April.
Hot weather was a big factor in June that helped shoppers get into the mood of buying tank tops and shorts. But stores also benefited against an improving economic backdrop. The economy gained a robust 195,000 jobs in June. Employers have added an average 202,000 jobs for the past six months, up from 180,000 in the previous six. The housing market is also gaining strength. And consumer confidence in June is at the highest level since January 2008, according to the Conference Board.
"The reports are encouraging," said Michael P. Niemira, chief economist at the International Council of Shopping Centers. "We had seen consumers pull back a littler earlier this year, but now there's a willingness to spend. It adds to the flavor of the other economic data out there that looks better."
Stein Mart, a department store chain that sells lower priced merchandise, said June revenue at stores open at least a year climbed 6.5 percent, driven by strong sales of women's clothing. analysts had expected a 4 percent increase
Stein Mart had the biggest gains in women's casual sportswear and boutique items. Weaker areas were men's sportswear, women's accessories and plus-size clothing.
Costco also was among the retailers that posted a revenue increase in June. The wholesale-club operator said revenue at stores open at least a year climbed 6 percent, topping Wall Street's expectations. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters predicted a 5.4 percent increase in the figure.
While big chains such as Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp. and Macy's Inc. no longer report monthly revenue, the stores that do offer economists a snapshot of consumer spending habits. In total, the retailers that report monthly data represent about 6 percent of the $2.4 trillion in U.S. retail industry sales.


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Designer Home with Multi-Hued Holiday Palette
A multicolored palette brings happy times at Christmas and all through the year
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Everyone has a notion of what the season's palette should be. There are the traditionalists, who celebrate with jewel-toned baubles and stockings in red-and-green plaids; the sophisticates, who prefer an elegant, snow-evoking montage of ivory and beige with the occasional gold sparkle; and those in between, who opt for both color and subtlety with the cool palette of blue and silver.
Boston-based designer Anthony Catalfano and his partner, Steven Kapfhammer, enjoy variations of all three schemes at Christmastime, permitting each to dazzle with its own point of view. When they bought their Brookline, Massachusetts, home in 2004, they decided to mix palettes in a way that would not only be pleasing all year, but also especially conducive to their enthusiastic holiday decorating and entertaining.
"There's no one color that we use in our home, just as I don't decorate in one signature style," explains Anthony. "This house has a little bit of everything, but every color accepts Christmas decoration beautifully. The variety of palettes makes the house look happy all year."
Although the designer isn't generally in favor of an "anything goes" approach to color, he believes that the architecture of his home, a 1902 Georgian Colonial, warrants a color change from room to room. Its layout boasts an expansive central stair hall with rooms independently radiating out in several directions.
Wallpapered in a geometric pattern to enhance the millwork, the neutral-toned entry plays the role of palette cleanser, much like a lemon sorbet served between courses of an elaborate meal. The hall has a rich flavor all its own, anchored with a grand piano on which Anthony plays spirited carols. During the holidays, the piano serves as a base for one of the home's Christmas trees and a collection of English caroler figurines. This decorative pairing spreads cheer at the seasonal parties that Anthony and Steven throw, sometimes hosting more than 80 people.
"Everyone has a checklist when they purchase a home, and one of our requirements was a house that could accommodate lots of people," says Anthony. "For our party, we hire a pianist, and a caterer to make goodies. Everyone has a great time."
Window treatments, sofas, and chairs in unmatched fabrics mingle in the living room as congenially as the guests. The space is warm and welcoming with a yellow strié pattern covering the walls. Here, a smaller version of the main Christmas tree sits atop a side table draped with a festive red cloth. An Asian-style garden chair is painted green and cushioned in a silk chinoiserie print on a chocolate brown background.
A red room is one of the hallmarks of design Anthony takes with him from house to house. It's also the perfect accompaniment to a profusion of Christmas accessories. In this house, Anthony assigned red to the den, where the classic mantel is bedecked with poinsettias and berry-studded topiaries.
The color scheme cools down in the dining room. Anthony had long dreamed of creating a robin's-egg blue dining room, and this well-proportioned space was the ideal place to execute his vision. Two windows lighten one wall, and a three-window bay projects at one end. Luxurious window panels in a soft blue that complements the walls descend from valances in rich silk folds.
Instead of holiday decor in bold colors, the dining room revels in quiet refinement. A three-panel mirror was created to cover the table, providing a reflective ground for glittery reindeer, silver candlesticks, a candelabra, and a crystal chandelier.
"I love color, and our Christmas decorations show that," says Anthony. "At this time of the year, anything goes. We're really into old-world design, and I never like Christmas decorations to match a room. The goal is for the house to be inviting, full of sparkle, and have our own personal touches—the perfect backdrop for making new memories with family and friends."
Photography: John Bessler
Produced by Estelle Bond Guralnick
Anthony's signature "red room" is the den, where the crackled wallpaper pattern mimics the movement of flames. Holiday accessories find a home in this cheerful room, where the mantel is festooned with cheerful poinsettias and berries.
Festive Foyer
In the foyer, an antique Chippendale chair in a festive red cotton with ivory medallions serves as a piano bench, while figurines of carolers cluster around the Christmas tree.
See details on the following slide.
Tree Details
The ornaments on the home's Christmas trees serve as an unconventional scrapbook of memories from years past.
Living Room
The fireplace mantel in the living room is festooned with greenery, nutcrackers, and Christmas balls. Needlepoint stockings add handcrafted whimsy, while the tree's colorful Christopher Radko glass ornaments provide more holiday charm.
See details on the following slide.
Living Room Details
Colored metallic votives cast a festive glow in red and green.
Decorative Details
As far as holiday decorations go, Anthony and Steven opt for vintage pieces for an overall classic Christmas feel. Here, a folksy Santa double-checks his list on an upholstered round stool.
The entry displays classic hallmarks of the Georgian Colonial Revival style. Red berries on delicate branches and a simple decorative bow on the wreath add just the right dose of holiday charm.
Designer Anthony Catalfano makes sure that his blown-glass ornaments are hung securely on the Christmas tree in the entry hall.
Dining Room
The sophisticated dining room palette is enhanced with white hydrangeas in an antique silver epergne. Created in three separate panels to keep weight at a minimum, a mirrored table covering maximizes the luminosity of the silvery decorations, the candles, and the crystal chandelier.
See details on the following slides.
Dining Room Details
Silver details abound on the room's mirror-topped dining table. Glittering woodland creatures roam past wintery candlesticks and mini mint julep cups.
Dining Room Mantel
The neoclassic fireplace mantel is lined with silver mint julep cups and a silver porringer, all filled with white hydrangeas.
Mantel Details
Antique gilt sconces look straight out of a fairytale above the dining room's elegant mantel. Crystal birds perch on luminescent golden tendrils, lending a whimsical feel to the formal space.


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This is yourpirate boat ?
Dude... the fuck ?
All right, seriously,you guys,
what kind ofpirates are you ?
I mean, really,the fuck, dude.
The fuck ?
All right, lads, guesswe'll have to settle
with this meager ship.
Two of you sit aft and twoof you sit in the front.
I gotta sit middle'cause I get motion sickness.
Kevin, Jesus Christ.
Hard to starboard, lads !
There's sure to be lots ofbootys out here !
( crying )
Clyde, the fuck ?
You said there was gonna becrystal-clear lagoons
and treasure and plunder !
Calm down, Clyde !
Everything'sgonna be okay !
No it's not, you made merun away and be a pirate
and there's not evenany treasure !
Ike, will you dosomething about Clyde please ?!
Very nice, Ike.
All right, me' hearties !
Keep your eyes open forboats to plunder !
THIS Is Your Pirate Boat?
Fatbeard s13e07
The boys meet some real Somali pirates.


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Isaac's chocolate coconut squares
Nutrition and extra info
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Nutrition: per square
- kcal225
- fat13g
- saturates9g
- carbs25g
- sugars18g
- fibre1g
- protein2g
- salt0.34g
- 100g butter, softened
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After last month's Newsweek profile on Anna Wintour, rumours have circulated that the editress and her team of high-heeled Vogue-ettes would be featured in a new HBO documentary. Now, more details have emerged about "In Vogue: The Editor's Eye," which will premiere this December to coincide with the release of a new book from Conde Nast by the same name.
The Newsweek article suggested the doc would focus exclusively on Wintour, but several top editors—including former editors like Babs Simpson and Prolly Mellen—are featured in the film, WWD reports.
The book, meanwhile, will include sections of editor "portfolios" highlighting their contributions to the magazine, each accompanied by an essay from Vogue writers like Jonathan Van Meter and Tonne Goodman.
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Review: A Circle of Salt by E J Weaver
The original title for this piece ended "A Novel Fairy-Tale" but I have an intense dislike for that term, and "folk-tale" doesn't convey to me the same genre of fiction. Feeling the English language is selling short a much-belovèd form of story, hence my use of the German "Märchen." (Britannica advises me that is the term by folklorists, so I'm obviously not alone in looking for a suitable term.)
There are certain conventions that I tend to expect in Märchen, such as the Power of Three, Anglo-Western European context, and a third-person narrative. In a Circle of Salt, @Joi_the_Artist uses some of these conventions (Power of Three,) but uses a Russian-analogue setting, and borrows from Russian mythos (eg: Baba Yaga.) Most surprising to me is the use of first-person narrative, and with a twist – the protagonist is an amoral non-human, who doesn't understand humans. As with my taste in visual art, I am drawn to those who buck the trend; in this book, @Joi_the_Artist does just that, making the work very much HERS, as opposed to an "in the style of" generic.
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All in all, whilst this beautiful work includes many familiar conventions from traditional Märchen, there is nothing clichéd about the overall effect. A Circle of Salt is an original addition to a classic genre, and I a look forward to seeing more work from this author.
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The crown jelly is unlike any jelly species here at the Aquarium—its bell is covered with spikes. Our exhibit is the result of a two-year animal care effort by Senior Aquarist Wyatt Patry, and our institution is the first to successfully raise the jellies from polyps to adulthood.
"We received the polyps from Zoo Berlin, which got them from waters off Japan," Wyatt says. The biggest challenge? "You have to figure out how to keep them suspended," he says. "They'll stick to the sides of the display if you let them, and degrade. So we had to make a small exhibit space seem like the open ocean."
Wyatt used yards of everyday bubble wrap to line the various-size holding tanks used to grow the crown jellies. The soft bubble wrap also keeps the jellies from hurting themselves when they happen to bump up against the walls. In our exhibit spaces, Wyatt created water currents, called "gyres," to help keep the delicate jellies in the middle of the display.
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The crown jelly is distinguished by its array of about 30 "spikes" emanating from the broad, circular bell. Eight stout mouth-arms and more than 100 long, tapering, pointed appendages spring from this pinkish-purple jelly's central stomach.
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Pakistan were 100 for three at the close, a lead of 112.
Peterson hit 84 to enable South Africa to get within 12 runs of Pakistan's first innings total of 338 and Steyn bowled at blistering pace to take two wickets as Pakistan lost their first three second innings wickets for 45 runs.
At that stage South Africa were slightly on top but Azhar Ali and captain Misbah-ul-Haq shared a largely cautious unbeaten partnership of 55 to see Pakistan through to the close without further loss.
South Africa were hampered by a recurrence of a hamstring injury to Morne Morkel, who left the field after bowling one ball in his second spell.
He had to stop bowling because of the same injury in the first innings as well and seems unlikely to take the ball again in the match.
Team manager and doctor Mohammad Moosajee said he was a doubtful starter for the third and final Test starting at Centurion on Friday.
Peterson led a fighting performance by South Africa's lower order batsmen as they recovered from an overnight 139 for five to reach 326 all out.
"I had a good chat to a few people about how we were going to play Saeed Ajmal," he said.
Off-spinner Ajmal took all five wickets on Friday and finished with six for 96.
"Saeed is a genius of spin bowling," added Peterson.
"He can bowl about four different deliveries an over. Even if you can pick all of them it is tough to have that absolute concentration all the time. We had our hands full but the more overs he bowled the easier it became."
Both Peterson and Pakistan bowling coach Mohammad Akram felt that a target of around 250 was a benchmark.
"We don't want to chase more than 300," said Peterson. "Hopefully it will be under 250."
Akram said: "Anything over 250 will be a really good total."
He said although Pakistan were disappointed that South Africa's lower order had made so many runs the team was in a good position.
"South Africa are a good side. You expect you will get serious resistance. We are still in the game. After (defeat in the first Test in) Johannesburg, the boys are really upbeat about where we are today," added Akram.
Pakistan's first innings lead of 12 runs was soon shown to be negligible as Steyn and Vernon Philander both took wickets in their first overs.
Mohammad Hafeez was comprehensively trapped leg before wicket by a ball which swung into him while, in the next over, Nasir Jamshed fell in similar fashion to Philander.
Azhar Ali and first innings centurion Younis Khan battled through some testing bowling against Steyn, Philander and Morkel.
Bowling downwind in his second spell, Steyn was timed at more than 146kmh and troubled both batsmen before Younis, forced on to the back foot, chopped the ball into his stumps.
After being dismissed without scoring in the first innings, Misbah took 18 balls to score his first runs in the second innings.
Scoring slowed to a crawl, with left-arm spinner Peterson conceding only four runs in his first eight overs.
But Misbah gained in confidence, three times hitting Peterson for six as he reached 36 not out while Ali was unbeaten on 45.
Overnight batsmen AB de Villiers and Dean Elgar started South Africa's recovery when they took their sixth wicket stand to 55 before Elgar was caught at slip off Ajmal for 22.
At that stage off-spinner Ajmal had taken all six wickets.
The left-handed Peterson shrugged off a poor run of batting form which had yielded just 15 runs in his previous seven international innings, including five noughts.
He went to his second Test fifty off 73 balls and went on to pass his previous best score of 61 against Bangladesh in Dhaka 10 years ago.
De Villiers fell to Mohammad Irfan for 61 in the first over with the second new ball after a seventh wicket stand of 46 with Peterson.
But Peterson and Philander (22) added an innings-best 67 for the eighth wicket.
The last two wickets brought another 49 runs before Peterson was last out, caught on the long-on boundary off Hafeez.
Peterson made his 84 runs off 106 balls with 15 fours.
The tall Irfan, playing in his first Test, took three for 86 and troubled the batsmen with steep bounce. (AFP)