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On Wednesday night, the Angels made what may be their final significant move of the offseason in trading Kendrys Morales to the Seattle Mariners for Jason Vargas. In making this trade the Angels cleared a logjam while shoring up the rotation at the same time.
Vargas, 29, has spent the last 3 years as a key member of the Mariners rotation alongside Felix Hernandez. Since 2010, he has posted ERA's of 3.78, 4.25, and 3.85 while logging an average of 204 innings per year. He has been good for 5.8 wins above replacement in that span, for an average of roughly 2 wins per season. He is the workhorse starter the Angels have been searching for and is certainly an upgrade over Jerome Williams and Garrett Richards.
While being an excellent starter over the past few years, Vargas does come with some flaws. His ERA+ is slightly below league average (97) due to pitching in Safeco Field which has been largely beneficial to his success as a pitcher with a career 44.6 fly ball rate. Vargas is likely to regress slightly in 2013 as he moves from perhaps the second-best pitchers park in baseball (behind Petco) to a slightly more hitter friendly park in Angel Stadium. As we saw with Ervin Santana last year, Angels pitchers can still be susceptible to the long ball despite the stadium's large dimensions and the outfield's potentially superb defense.
With the addition of Vargas, Jerry Dipoto now appears to be finished with his rotation overhaul. As it stands, the rotation will be made up of Vargas, Jered Weaver, CJ Wilson, Tommy Hanson, and Joe Blanton. While not a spectacular group, it very well could be better than last year's staff considering the upgrade over Santana and the 2012 version of Dan Haren. There is also depth, something the Angels lacked last season, in Richards and Williams who could easily step in when needed.
While the Angels fill their rotation hole, the Mariners also gain a bat they desperately needed. The Mariners already have a blockade of John Jaso, Jesus Montero, and Justin Smoak manning the catcher, DH, and first base spots respectively, but Morales seems to be a logical fit considering the upgrade he could provide over Smoak and possibly Montero. Of the trio, Smoak is probably the odd man out as the Mariners will likely try Morales at his natural position of first base.
With Morales leaving, the Angels lineup appears to be set for 2013. Peter Bourjos moves back into the fold now, as Mike Trout will be shifted back over to left field with Josh Hamilton in right. Mark Trumbo will most likely be the full-time DH, while rotating out with Pujols and Hamilton to give each of them rest. While the Halos will certainly miss Morales's bat in the lineup, they had the necessary depth to offset the loss.
Morales is a fan favorite who will be missed, but the Angels did the right thing in trading a surplus to fill a need. While Vargas is no Zack Greinke, he should be a vital part of the Angels' rotation in 2013.
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Enjoy a virtual sneak peek at the coolest new attraction coming to SeaWorld Orlando – Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin. The icy adventure will blow through Jacksonville's Avenues Mall this March with a video and slideshow about SeaWorld Orlando's latest ride, an incredible journey into the magical frozen land of Antarctica.
Coming to SeaWorld Orlando May 24th, Antarctica is a thrilling family adventure into the thrills and chills of the South Pole, where you will encounter a penguin colony, become an Artic explorer and go beneath the ice.
SeaWorld's Antarctica: Preview will delight kids and families with a virtual view of this amazing and technologically awesome attraction. The Jacksonville preview will take place at The Avenues Mall and feature fun games, photo ops, live penguins making a playful appearance and a chance to win a trip to SeaWorld Orlando.
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Men United event features 4 speakers on 4 nights
The fifth annual Men United event begins Sunday and will continue on three other nights through September.
The Sunday speaker will be Bobby Richardson. One of baseball's greatest second basemen, Richardson played for the N.Y. Yankees from 1955 to 1966 and was World Series MVP in 1960. The event will be held at 6 p.m. at the Walhalla High School auditorium.
On Aug. 15, Ashley Williams, director of Christ Centered Ministries, will speak at 6 p.m. at Truth Outreach Church in Walhalla.
Matt Gober, former Hell's Angels biker, will speak at 6 p.m. Sept. 8 at Whitestone Freedom Fellowship in Seneca.
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The raising of the debt ceiling is one of those peculiar features of the American political system, right up there with the Senate filibuster and the presidential Thanksgiving-turkey pardon. Every so often (89 times since 1939) Congress has had to vote to raise the debt limit, even though it already voted for the spending obligations that brought the country to the edge of its borrowing power. Usually, the vote is a formality following some posturing by the opposition party (see Sen. Barack Obama, 2006.)


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Man! How quickly we forget! When we walked out of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Int'l Airport yesterday afternoon, the heat and humidity were like a wall that hit us. Smack dab in the face! After almost 3 weeks of temps in the 60's, it was definitely a wake-up call.
But you know what! This really is a HOT city in so many ways. Every time we drive through the downtown, night and/or day, the skyline thrills us. In fact, we saw the new Wachovia building yesterday for the first time, finished and raring to go, and realized this city is always on the go, new or ever-changing in one way or the other.
Since I'm always ranting and raving about Europe's incredible architecture, I think it's about time I applaud the dazzling buildings of our beautiful downtown. You don't get the full effect from this photo but, believe me, some of the architecture is out of this world...in a modern, almost sci-fi way. You go, HOTlanta! Welcome home.
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Posted by Wizard on 11/05/2012
Wow - this food is the best Lebanese cuisine there is that we have tasted in the U.S. We had the opportunity to eat here and were Very excited about the food. We have eaten gourmet Lebanese food during our many trips in and out of Beirut, Lebanon and other Mediterranean This food reminded us of the wonderful dishes we had there. Allan Skaf told us they use his Grandmother's recipes - YUM, you have to dine there. My mouth is watering just writing about this wonderful food. A must try that we had is the Tabbouleh salad, Hommus, Baba Gannouj , Pita bread , cabbage salad, Chicken Schwarma, and the Baklava (the best we've eaten yet). The service was over-the-top, very friendly attentive staff - our waitress was very personable and ensured our stay would be a memorable one. We learned they have another restaurant in Glendale and one in the Sheman Oaks area - we sure could use a one in the South Bay. We'll be back.
Posted by Anonymous on 03/09/2012
A hole in the wall that has plenty flavor.
Posted by jheise128 on 05/12/2010
A place so small you could miss it, this is one great little Middle Eastern restaurant. We have been there enough times that we are greeted as close friends by the staff (having a wife of Lebanese descent doesn't hurt, either), and even though the decor is. . .interesting to say the least, the food here is pretty good for the price, and we always have plenty to take home. The hummus and tabouli is excellent, and if you can find a place to park, you will find it worth the trip.
Posted by Dan, C on 05/13/2008
I love to eat out and I am writing a lot of reviews. It is a nice way to share with others information about good & bad places to eat out. This place is one of the most disappointing. To begin with: this place is not clean. Pieces of garbage and napkins on the floor all over. The food is really not that great. Most of the grill items came to our table burned. One item Kafta tasted like a brick. Totally burned and dry. The beef Shurma tasted like it was on the grill for several days In this place you do not get what you pay for.
Posted by Alexander on 12/15/2007
This place is okay but the food at Daphne's is much better even though it is a chain. If you are in Glendale then the galleria is not that far away and Daphne's is a better choice. There is also no parking in Glendale streets because Armenian's have a lot of cars.
Posted by ilaresll on 10/31/2007
Kaleb don't know what he's talking about. You want Greek? go to Greece. This is LEBANESE food at it's best. Price is very reasonable, food quality and temperature is the best, try the grilled shrimps, and the atmosphere is warm and comfortable. I went to the GLENDALE restaurant in which they just opened and the setting is one of the best i've been in. YOU GOTTA LOVE IT!!
Posted by Jim O. on 10/17/2007
This is a Lebanese, not a Greek restaurant. Don't go expecting Greek! Go there for the best Middle Eastern shawerma (beef and chicken), kefta, falafel and do not forget to order their wonderful cabbage salad. This place puts Zankou to shame! This is Lebanese food the way it should be made. While the restaurant's decor is not "LA-Chic". The service more than makes up for it. It's a wonderful time at a marvelous price! Don't miss it!


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A tip of the baseball cap to Boardgamegeek for this link. As one of the contributors said, it must have a hell of a setup time, but wow, what a cool homemade Puerto Rico set.
A tip of the baseball cap to Boardgamegeek for this link. As one of the contributors said, it must have a hell of a setup time, but wow, what a cool homemade Puerto Rico set.
At Worldcon I did a panel with a talented artist, Ian W. Straughan, who has become a reader (and apparently a fan) of my books. A few days ago I received several images in my mailbox which (Ian claims) he "knocked together" based on descriptions in the book. This is the carrier Duc d'Enghien; the sensor array is shown spanning the areas between the fighter launch bays.
This may be no big deal for Ian, but I'm amazingly impressed. The full image is significantly larger, by the way; I'm probably going to print one of the images for wall display.
It's a current article of faith that people who occupy the Master's chair once are very likely to wind up there again. I served two years in the East of Norumbega & Brookline Lodge (now Norumbega Fraternity Lodge) in Newton, Massachusetts, and six years later was elected to preside over Mount Hollis Lodge in Holliston. I just finished a second tour of duty with Mount Hollis.
Thanks to Wor. Scott, I can now proudly wear the pin pictured above – which represents the cyclical nature of the Master's chair these days. Still, I guess it's better than stuffing old Past Masters into landfills.
Today is December 7, 2006; sixty-five years ago today the United States and the British Empire were suddenly attacked at Pearl Harbor, Guam, the Phillippines, and various other places in Asia. Pearl Harbor in Hawai'i was the most dramatic for citizens of the United States, as it resulted in the destruction of the USS Arizona, sent to the bottom of the harbor when its magazine exploded. 1,300 crewmen died with that vessel.
I call my readers' attention to this event not to stir up any animus against the attackers. There are fewer and fewer survivors of that event each year; a few hundred of them are assembled right now at Pearl Harbor in solemn commemoration. They are American heroes, as are those who, due to the attack or the war that followed, gave the last full measure of their loyalty to their country – as are those who have gone to the Undiscovered Country since.
Seventeen years ago my wife and I were in Hawai'i to visit her parents; we rose in the predawn to drive to Pearl, and waited almost two hours to visit the Arizona Memorial. We spent a few hours in that structure, built over the remains of the battleship. The ship is still there, as are those who perished in it. Their names are inscribed on the walls of the building. It was a difficult, emotional thing to do; I may not ever visit again, but I will never forget being there.
The Arizona survivors had – still have – the right to be cremated and buried aboard the ship; there are only a few dozen left. The ship is starting to show signs of age: fuel oil still leaks from it – I could see that in '89 – and rust and aging have helped encourage the creation of a preservation foundation to keep the Memorial functioning for future generations.
Remembering Pearl Harbor is not about the conflict that was fought. Visiting Pearl for me (and, I expect, for the hundreds of veterans who watched the "Missing Man" formation and heard the sound of the ship's whistle this afternoon) brought forth no anger or resentment, no desire for revenge. All of the Second World War took place long, long before I was born. What it reminds us is that many people served, and many of them died, to preserve my country against its enemies.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's words:
The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation . . . But always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.
I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.
Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
As I prize my citizenship and love my country, even when I am not completely proud of its policies foreign or domestic, I can think of nothing more valuable to honor and remember this day and every day. We must continue to be ready to defend ourselves against attacks such as the one commemorated by the Arizona Memorial.
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Good morning and thank you very much for the introduction. Let me also acknowledge [former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe] General Wes Clark. I'm going to be talking about [the] Goldwater-Nichols [Act of 1986] and the role that the CINCs [Commanders in Chief of Unified Combatant Commands] play. But here is a CINC who had revolutions in his jurisdiction in these recent years. Along with Secretary [William] Cohen and the Chairman [of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Hugh Shelton], he was also a vigorous advocate for our military men and women, including their pay raise and improvements in medical care. So, General Clark, I just want to acknowledge you this morning as well.
"The margin is thin, but the responsibility is clear." Those were the words of [journalist] Theodore White in 1960, describing a post-election interview with John F. Kennedy. A hundred thousand votes. "The margin is thin, but the responsibility is clear." Now, as Secretary Cohen has said, we're in the middle of a unique constitutional process right now, one that will work its way through. It is prescribed, we have done it many times. And so, yes, indeed, we are anxious to start a transition from the Clinton administration to the succeeding administration, but we're in this unique period. Eventually, there will be a man elected President of the United States and, as in 1960, the margin may be thin, but the responsibility will be very clear in terms of leading the country.
Now, QDR [the Quadrennial Defense Review] is one issue that is regularly discussed in the Pentagon and clearly will be the first significant piece of the new administration in terms of defense policy. But look[ing] back very briefly, [we see that] the 1990s was a period of revolution in the world and revolution in America.
First, [there was] the revolution in global affairs, which involved the collapse of the Soviet Union. With the benefits of the Cold War's end came the new burdens of being the world's sole superpower and the OP TEMPO [operational tempo] issues of having fewer military personnel facing more missions. That indeed was an irony—the Cold War created more predictability in military life than the post-Cold War period.
Second, [there was] the revolution in technology. Here, the same digital leaps that are placing enormous power in the hands of our citizens and the consumer are also placing enormous and potentially catastrophic power in the hands of those who wish us harm. Coming to grips with the Information Age and what that means in a national security context has been, I think, one of the revolutions of this decade, and it clearly will be a QDR issue.
I think one model that the other services may want to examine in this area of information technologies, and all of the changes coming out of that, is the model of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet. Here, a service has taken hold of its responsibilities to address how it is going to use this powerful tool. They are laying out strategies and focusing not only on questions such as how are they going to create these systems, how are they going to use them, how are they going to incorporate them in their everyday activity. With the rise of information technologies and computers, there also will be the need to defend the computers and to defend information. And it will be as critical as any SIGINT [signals intelligence] capabilities we have today.
So the first revolution of the '90s was in global affairs, the second revolution was in technology, which has really brought the power of information systems into the Pentagon. The third revolution has been the revolution in demographics. In the 1980s, there were 5 million more 18-to-22-year-olds than there are in the current cohort group, those born between 1965 and 1979, the so-called Generation X. It is a small population. So when you take the reduced demographics of this generation and you add to that the demand for the same highly capable young people that the economy is looking for or that colleges are recruiting, you reduce the pool of candidates for recruiting into the armed forces. So we had to rethink how we recruit and how we retain with increased competition from the economy.
Fourth and finally, we had the revolution in our domestic financial affairs. The deficits of the '80s are now surpluses. As the staff director of the Armed Services Committee—[where I was involved in] starting and contemplating strategies for mark-ups in the late '80s—the deficit was a major issue. In fact, from a budgetary point of view, the Reagan build-up in defense started to decline, not with the fall and changes in the Soviet Union, but rather with the fundamental changes in the defense budgets of the mid-80s. Pressure from the deficit, manifested in the Gramm-Rudman Act that started to force Congress to look at [spending] caps—domestic, discretionary, defense spending, entitlements—for the first time. And those deficits that were such a factor in the defense budgets of the late 1980s and early 1990s are something that we are not dealing with now. In fact, for Secretary Cohen, President Clinton, my predecessor, Dr. John Hamre, myself, Bill Lynn [Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller], this was part of putting together the budget plus-ups two years ago that went to military pay, to readiness, and to procurement. So the deficits of the 1980s have become the surpluses of the late '90s, and with that comes [not only] the opportunity for increased investment in defense spending but also responsibilities.
In the last two years, Secretary Cohen and the administration, working with General Shelton, the Joint Chiefs, [and Congress] have been able to increase the defense top line, through its FYDPs [Future Years Defense Programs], by $180 billion. Now of the $180 billion, $20 billion were plus-ups that came from Congress, but indeed this has been a significant increase in new capital coming into the top line.
If you take this $180 billion baseline and you add to it the $50 billion to $100 billion that the two presidential candidates have talked about, we're looking at a quarter of a trillion dollars in new investment in defense. So I think as the QDR takes center stage when the new administration comes to power, [we should be mindful that ] there are new financial resources on the table.
Now, we've made some clear statements in terms of pay and quality of life being a high priority. But equally important will be the modernization of our forces. And to have the maximum number of dollars that can go to those priorities—quality of life and modernization of forces—will require that the new administration continue to build upon the Defense Reform Initiative of Secretary Cohen and Dr. Hamre. It will mean that we will have to face up to tough decisions like having another BRAC [Base Realignment and Closures] because dollars that go into infrastructure are dollars that don't go into modernization or into quality of life for military people.
So if the 90s was a decade of great revolutions throughout the world, and throughout the business community with respect to our budget and information technologies, this next decade is going to be a period of transformation—the transformation of our military forces.
Now, I have a few recommendations that I would offer to my successors. First, the next president and leaders of both parties are going to need to find ways to reach common ground. I think the fact that President Clinton, a Democrat, would reach across the aisle to Bill Cohen, then a Republican senator from Maine, helped create a bipartisan dialogue on defense. It manifested itself in the increased budget resources. But I think it also started a tone that we've got to continue, which is that foreign policy has to end at the water's edge, and that, indeed, our great power as a democracy and as a country will come when we speak with unity and clarity in terms of our foreign policy.
Just as the early days after World War II was a time of bipartisanship, that is a message for the future. The image of Harry Truman working with [Senator] Arthur Vandenberg, or President Clinton working with Bill Cohen, needs to be a model for the next administration, to put bipartisanship into our defense policy.
The second [recommendation] is that one of the critical keys to our success in both foreign policy and defense policy has been Goldwater-Nichols. Our challenge in the next decade is going to be to continue to refine it. I had the chance as a young staffer on the Armed Services Committee to be involved in the presentation and the preparation of Goldwater-Nichols. And at the time there were [several] key objectives. Some have been realized; others are still works-in-progress. One [objective realized is that] the chairman [of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] is the chief military advisor to the president. And the chairman, as a spokesperson of American foreign policy and interest, has become a dominant person. Admiral [William] Crowe, General [Colin] Powell, General [John] Shalikashvili, and now General Shelton have all taken this tool and have used it and realized what Goldwater-Nichols intended.
The second [piece of Goldwater-Nichols was], the acquisitions [initiatives which were] helped by some leadership very early in the administration from [then-Secretary of Defense] Bill Perry. Indeed, I think the undersecretary for acquisition and his counterparts in the service have really been able to work together in ways that the original Packard Commission envisioned and in ways that the CSIS [Center for Strategic International Studies] study of 1984 and 1985 envisioned. Indeed, I think that this second reform—of an acquisition czar and chains of command to the services that go through both the undersecretary for acquisition as well as service chiefs—has been realized.
The third piece was the JROC, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, and I think progress has been made there, but much, much more work is left to do. From my perspective, the greatest tension point in the next QDR is not going to be between Democrats and Republicans, and it's not going to be between the Air Force and the Navy, and the Marine Corps and the Army. It's going to be between CINCs who want capabilities and the service chiefs who want platforms for modernization.
Now, JROC has a critical role in terms of reconciling this, and one of the key issues will be that we can't save up all of the issues every four years for a QDR. Through the JROC, we need to build upon the successes. The CINCs are quite clear in terms of what their critical requirements are for the future—airlift, better intelligence, command-and-control, interoperability—versus the service chiefs, who clearly are looking at modernizing their platforms, whether it's the ship at sea, the Apache helicopter, the next generation of ground combat equipment or tactical aircraft modernization. So this reconciliation between capabilities and platforms is going to be one of the greatest challenges facing the QDR.
The final piece of Goldwater-Nichols is that the CINCs have indeed become the most significant participants in U.S. foreign policy in the regions in which they serve. This was intended, but I think it's [also been] one of the surprises, 15 years later, to see how CINCPAC [Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command] has such a major role to play in the Pacific. CINCEUR [Commander-in-Chief, European Command] is a bridge between NATO—a NATO that has gone through great changes in the '90s—and all of the pressing issues in Europe such as the Partnership for Peace, which [built partnerships with] the Eastern Bloc. CINCSOUTH [Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command] and its role has been effective, both in terms of curtailing the drug traffic, but also as an advocate of democracy in a region that a decade ago was woefully short of democracy. The CINCs have tremendous responsibilities and authorities in terms of the foreign policy. So I think that continuing to refine Goldwater-Nichols is going to be one of our challenges for the next decade.
[Another recommendation is that] we're going to have to continue the quality of life initiatives for our military men and women. Whether it is missile defense, command and control interoperability, or defenses of our computer systems, we are going to succeed or fail based upon the capabilities of the young men and women that volunteer to serve. They have lots of options and lots of choices, but many of them come and join the armed forces because they want that chance to serve. They want a chance to give something to their country. Whether it is pilots, computer technicians, or network integrators, we're going to continue to need to make the investment in those who wear the military uniform. And that is going to be a high priority.
The demographics in this new decade are going be changing as well. There will be more young people as we transition from Generation X to Generation Y, Generation Y being the offspring of the baby boomers, born since 1979. It is a much larger group. It is a group that, as they come to dominance, are going to be the first group that will rival the baby boomers, and ultimately they will nudge us all aside. But currently we're in the middle of this demographic shift, and it is critical that we compensate, and that we take care of, our military men and women and their families.
[My] last [recommendation concerns] defense reform. We've got a healthy discussion going on about capabilities versus platforms. We're on the right track in terms of pay increases and improving housing for our military men and women. We have new dollars that are coming into the Department of Defense top line, the $180 billion, plus the dollars that the two candidates have talked about. But with that we still have to continue the business reform of the Department of Defense. Dr. Hamre, with the Defense Reform Initiative, gave us a road map, but it's critical that as we work through QDR and the new budget top line that comes into the department, we look for ways to save dollars.
One place to start is infrastructure. Before we can legitimately talk about the size of the force structure and whether that needs to be [increased], everyone would agree that we have too much infrastructure and that dollars that go to infrastructure that is not needed are dollars that don't go to quality of life, dollars that don't go to modernization, dollars that will not contribute directly to the readiness of our military forces.
White House Chief of Staff John Podesta and I recently met with a group of computer industry CEOs. With all of the advantages of the Information Age, we in the Department are still struggling in terms of how we bring this [technology] into the department and incorporate it into our daily business without falling six months to a year behind where the commercial marketplace is. As I said before, the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet may be one encouraging way to see how a service is stepping out and stepping forward to use the power of information technologies in this area.
How we bring in the advantages of what the marketplace is producing into a system that has difficulty digesting [those technologies] is going to be a critical piece of continuing defense reform. Because, again, dollars that we don't needlessly spend on infrastructure are dollars that we can more efficiently utilize using the advances in information technologies and into quality of life or the modernization effort. [And when] we met with those computer executives we asked them how many would be willing to come in and do a tour in the Pentagon for two years or four years? We have to [somehow learn from] those people with business capability.
So I'm back to my original comments. The constitutional process will shortly have worked its will, and a president and a new administration will be ready to take responsibility. The margin will be thin, but the responsibility will be very clear. Those brief issues, I hope, will frame the discussions here. I think they are real challenges. But indeed, it's a new decade with new responsibilities and a new set of issues. And to those who will succeed Secretary Cohen and myself and the Clinton administration, I wish them Godspeed as they go about that work.


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Here are the rest of the questions and answers from the February 28, 2011 webinar "How to Reduce Your Taxes for 2010 and 2011"
Food Expenses
Q: When claiming my food expenses do I need to keep attendance records?
A: Yes. You need to be able to show what children were present each day and what meals and snacks you served them.
Q: What do I do if I didn't keep attendance records for 2010?
A: Reconstruct these records for each child in your care in 2010 and have their parents sign your record indicating that their child was in your program on the days you have reconstructed. Then go ahead and use the standard meal allowance rate to claim food expenses for those days.
Q: Can I count the meals served to my own children as a food expense?
A: No. Even if you were reimbursed for meals served to your own children by the Food Program you can never deduct their meals as an expense.
Q: Can I deduct my sister's children's meals if she pays me to take care of them?
A: Maybe. If you are being paid to care for your sister's children and the amount you are being paid is comparable to what other parents are paying you then you have created a business relationship with your sister and the meals would be deductible.
Car Expenses
Q: I have a daycare parent who needs help transporting her child to my care. I meet her halfway between her home and mine. Can I claim mileage for this daily trip?
A: Yes. You can deduct trips as long as the primary purpose of the trip is for your business. This clearly qualifies. Since you are transporting children, contact your car insurance agent to make sure you are fully covered.
Q: I can deduct a portion of my monthly car payments?
A: No. If you are using the actual car expenses method for claiming car expenses, you can depreciate the value of your car, but never a portion of the loan payment.
Q: If I am using the actual expenses method do I need to have receipts for my car expenses?
A: Yes. Since it's more work to save car receipts (gas, oil, repairs, etc.) most providers use the standard mileage rate to claim car expenses.
Q: If I enter my car mileage into the Minute Menu software program will this be accepted by the IRS as an adequate record?
A: It should be. Print out the mileage report on Minute Menu each year and put it with your tax records.
Q: Can I claim car expenses when I drive to buy supplies?
A: You can count a trip as a business trip if the primary purpose of the trip is business. If you buy more business supplies than personal supplies, count the trip.
Q: Can I deduct the expense for a car wash if I'm using the standard mileage rate to claim car expenses?
A: No. When using the standard mileage rate you can only count $.50 a mile (for 2010), parking, tolls, and the business portion of car loan interest, and car property tax. Nothing else.
Q: I have been horrible about keeping track of my miles. Is there anything can I do?
A: Yes. Go back and look at the following records that you can use to reconstruct how many miles you drove in 2010: receipts, cancelled checks, credit/debit card statements, bank deposit slips, check register, calendar notations, photographs, and any other notation that indicates you drove somewhere.
Q: How do I claim mileage for grocery shopping when I'm purchasing for both my business and my family?
A: You can only claim trips that are "primarily" for your business. Many providers always spend more money on business food than personal food. If so, don't claim every trip to the grocery store as business. Maybe claim half the trips or percentage of the trips based on the percentage of food purchased that was for your business.
Q: I belong to a daycare association. Can I deduct the miles and time spent attending their meetings?
A: You can deduct the miles because the trip is primarily business. You can't count time unless the meeting is in your home.
Phone Expenses
Q: If I have a cell phone and a second business line can I deduct the cost of my cell phone?
A: You cannot deduct the monthly cost of the first phone line into your home (whether or not it is a cell phone). You can deduct the business portion of a second phone line you use for your business. Use your time percent as the measure of the business portion for the second line. If you use your second line more than your time percent, keep records for a month or so to show your actual use.
Q: Where do I record my cell phone expense on Schedule C?
A: You can put it on any expense line. Perhaps it should go on line 18 Office Expenses.
Q: Can I deduct an IPhone because I only bought it to send videos and photos to the parents while they are at work?
A: You can deduct the business portion of the IPhone as long as you have another phone line into your home.
Q: Can I deduct the actual cost of the phone?
A: Yes. You can deduct the purchase price of the phone, even if it is the phone that is the first line into your home.
Q: My phone bill is combined with my cable and internet bill. How do I figure out how much I can deduct for my business?
A: I would assume that your phone bill is one-third of the total bill. If so, and you only have one phone line, claim the time-space percentage of your cable and internet cost. If you have more than one phone line, see if you can break out the cost of the second line.
Energy Tax Credit
Q: Can I count the purchase of a portable or window air conditioner towards the energy tax credit?
A: No. Eligible items for this credit include an energy efficient central air conditioning system, furnace, and energy efficient doors, windows, and roof.
Q: Can I depreciate the cost of these energy efficient items in addition to claiming this tax credit?
A: Yes.
Q: Can I claim the energy tax credit for the purchase of new appliances?
A: No.
Q: Can I use the additional 50% depreciation allowance rule for my home improvement (basement remodeling and adding a sink)?
A: No. Home improvements and the purchase of the home are not eligible for this rule that allows you to claim 50% of the depreciation deduction in 2010 for the purchase of new items. Eligible items include: computers, printers, copies, furniture, appliances, child care equipment, fence, and patio.
Q: Will the additional 50% depreciation allowance be around for 2011?
A: We don't know yet.
Q: I might be quitting day care this year. Should I still claim this 50% depreciation on my 2010 tax return?
A: Yes. If you go out of business before you have fully depreciated an item you won't have to pay any of it back.
Q: We purchased a new 5th wheel camper in 2010. Can I depreciate it as a business expense?
A: You would only be able to depreciate an item if it's "ordinary and necessary" for your business. I assume that your day care children are not going camping with you so I would not try to deduct this. If your children ate occasional meals in the camper I would still say that this is not ordinary and necessary.
Q: In 2010 we purchased a new HD television for the living room. It is the main television that the kids watch. Can I deduct this?
A: Yes. Since it's used for both business and personal purposes, apply your time-space percentage. You would also be eligible to use the new 50% depreciation rule.
Q: Can I deduct a new snow blower using this 50% depreciation rule.
A: Yes.
Q: When I enter furniture into Minute Menu it asks me for the "method" and "convention." What does this mean?
A: Method refers to straight line or accelerated. Enter accelerated for everything except your home. Put half-year convention for everything except your home and home improvements. For those two expenses enter mid-month.
Q: I purchased 6 cots online and they cost a total of more than $100. However, individually they cost less than $100. Do I have to depreciate this? Can I deduct the cost of the delivery?
A: You only have to depreciate something if it individually costs more than $100 (there are some exceptions to this general rule). So, you can deduct these cots in one year. Yes, include the cost of the delivery as part of your deduction.
Q: I bought a laptop in 2008 and started depreciating it. In 2010 it died. I then bought a new one in 2010. How do I deduct these laptops?
A: When an item you are depreciating wears out before the normal depreciation period, claim all the remaining depreciation in the year it wears out. Computers are depreciated over 5 years. In 2010 claim the last 3 years of depreciation for the old laptop. Start depreciating the new laptop over 5 years. You can use the new 50% depreciation rule for the new laptop.
Q: Is there a maximum amount I can depreciate?
A: There is no maximum amount.
Q: My tax preparer told me not to claim depreciation on my home as I plan to move shortly. Why do you recommend claiming depreciation on the home?
A: You always want to depreciate your home, no matter what. Your tax preparer's advice is dead wrong. When you do sell your home you will have to pay tax on the depreciation you claimed (or were entitled to claim) on your home while using it for your business. That means you will pay the tax even if you didn't depreciate it! Home depreciation is a big deduction for most providers, so don't lose out on this tax benefit now. You will pay the same tax later whether or not you depreciate.
Q: I use Minute Menu. Do I have to enter my inventory/depreciation every year?
A: Yes, enter items that you purchase each year into Minute Menu. You can then print out reports (Form 4562 Report) each year to show to your tax preparer so he/she can depreciate them.
Other Expenses
Q: If I pay the city for water, sewer and garbage on one bill, do I need to separate them out when deducting them on Form 8829?
A: No. List them together as utilities.
Q: Can I deduct the cost of scrubs that I wear during day care hours?
A: Yes. Normally you can only deduct clothing if it's considered a uniform; that is, something that is not suitable to be worn outside of your home. Scrubs would meet this definition.
Q: I have shirts with my logo on them. Can I deduct them?
A: Yes, because this would be considered advertising.
Q: I have some house repairs that were 100% business. Where do I put them on Form 8829?
A: Put your 100% house repairs on Form 8829, line 19a (direct expense). Put all shared expenses under column b (indirect expenses).
Q: Can I deduct the premiums of my health insurance if I am eligible for COBRA insurance?
A: No. You can only deduct health insurance premiums if you are not eligible to participate in an employer sponsored health plan. COBRA is considered an employer sponsored health plan.
Q: I purchased something that is 100% used for my business, but my own child does play with it after hours. Can I deduct 100% of the cost or is this now a shared expense?
A: It's a shared expense. You claim expenses based on how they were used, not why you purchased them.
Q: Why would I need a record of the hours I worked?
A: Because you will use these hours to calculate your time-space percentage on Form 8829 Expenses for Business Use of Your Home. Your time-space percentage is used to determine how much of your house expenses and shared expenses you can deduct for your business.
Q: Should I adjust the total hours in the year on Form 8829 if I was closed for six weeks of maternity leave?
A: No. Don't change this. The result of being closed for six weeks is that your time-space percentage will be lower. You will still apply this percentage to 12 months of your house expenses.
Q: What is a reasonable range for a time-space percentage so that it doesn't send up a red flag?
A: If you care for children 11 hours a day this represents 33% of the year. If you spend an average of 13 hours a week on other business activities when children are not present this represents 8% of the year. Most providers are using 90-100% of the space in their home on a regular basis in their business. Therefore, most providers have a time-space percentage of between 35-45%. Some providers work 24 hours a day for part of the week. Other providers use rooms in their home exclusively for their business. In both cases their time-space percentage can be above 50%. Don't worry about sending up a red flag. Keep good records and claim what you are entitled to.
Q: When claiming expenses such as supplies, do I include the sales tax as part of the expense?
A: Yes.
Q: I don't have any children of my own. I purchased some infant items that are used in my business. If I claim 100% of this cost in 2010 and I have a child of my own next year, will I have to pay some of this back?
A: No. Once you have fully deducted something for your business, it doesn't matter if in later years it is used by your family.
Q: If I'm on the Food Program can I deduct expenses using my grocery receipts? Can I claim meals I served to the children before I was on the Food Program?
A: Yes, you can deduct food expenses using grocery receipts. However, you must save all grocery receipts, business and personal. The other choice is to use the standard meal allowance rate and not have to save any food receipts. Yes, you can count meals served before you were on the Food Program.
Q: Can I deduct gifts given to me at Christmas such as new pots and pans?
A: Yes, these are ordinary and necessary expenses and are therefore deductible. It doesn't matter that you received them as a gift. Look up the prices at the store or an online catalog.
Q: Can I have too many deductions? Can they hurt me?
A: As a general rule you must claim all your business deductions. The higher your deductions the lower your profit and the lower your taxes. However, if by claiming all your deductions you will show a loss I would be more careful. Claiming a loss every few years or so is okay. Showing a loss two or more years in a row can attract more attention from the IRS. Don't claim all your deductions if by doing so you will show a loss three years in a row.
Q: Can I deduct the cost of gifts/presents I buy for the children in my care for birthdays and Christmas?
A: Yes. There is a difference between a gift and an activity expense. If it's a gift you can only deduct up to $25 per child per year. If it's an activity expense there is no limit as to how much you can deduct per person. A gift is something you give the child that is wrapped and taken home by the child. An activity expense is something you give to the child that is used by the other children during day care hours.
Q: Can I deduct an Education Savings Bond I purchase for a child in my care at Christmas?
A: Since this is a gift and not an activity expense, you can deduct up to $25 of the cost of this Bond.
Q: If I pay my teenagers to clean and prepare crafts and food for my business can I deduct this cost?
A: Yes. However, if your children are age 18 or over you must withhold social security/medicare taxes from their pay and you must file quarterly payroll tax forms to pay these taxes. Check with your state department of revenue if you must purchase workers' compensation insurance.
Q: Can I hire my mother (who is on Social Security) to work in my business?
A: Yes. If your mother has reached her full retirement age (66 or 67) she can earn as much money as she wants without it affecting her social security benefits. You need to keep careful records of what work she did, when she did it, and how much you paid her. You must withhold social security/medicare taxes, withhold state and federal income taxes, and purchase workers' compensation insurance. She must report this as income. A better way to go might be to not pay her but give her gifts. That way it's not income to her, not subject to any payroll taxes or workers' compensation. But then you can't deduct the gifts as a business expense.
Q: My daycare parents contribute items to my yard sale. Can they claim these items as a donation on their taxes? If I spend the money on items for my business can I claim this as a business expense? Do I have to report the money I received as income?
A: Parents cannot claim a charitable deduction for items they give to you because you are not a charity. You can deduct as a business expense items you purchase from your yard sale earnings. You only have to report the money you received from the yard sale if you sold the items for more than you paid for them.
Record Keeping
Q: How do we show that we bought things at garage sales?
A: Bring along a receipt for the homeowner to sign or write yourself a note when you get home: "Garage sale, 123 Smith Ave, $5, used highchair."
Q: Would emails I exchanged to purchase items on CraigsList count as a record?
A: Yes. Good idea.
Q: Can I use a higher percentage for items such as copy paper than is 90% business?
A: Yes. The general rule is to use your time-space percentage for shared items. However, you can use an actual business use percent for selected items that are used heavily for your business. If you do this you must keep a record of how you determined that it was 90% business. Perhaps the easy thing to do is to track how much personal paper you used in a month to determine the business portion.
Q: Can I count the hours that children are present or the hours that I am open? Can I count hours spent on curriculum preparation, food preparation and yard maintenance? Do I need to keep a log of all the extra hours that I work?
A: Claim the hours children are present, not when you are open. In addition, you can count hours spent on business activities in your home after the children are gone. This can include curriculum preparation and food preparation. Don't count regular household activities such as yard maintenance, taking out the garbage, and personal cleaning. Track all the hours worked after children are gone for at least two months every year and use this average for the entire year.
Q: Where does an actual business percent get entered onto the tax forms?
A: You should keep your own records that show how you calculated your actual business use percent. Don't file them with your tax return. Enter the business portion as a deduction on Schedule C. If you get audited you will have records showing how you came up with your deduction amounts.
Q: If I mop and vacuum every night after the kids leave, can I count this time towards my time-space percentage or would it be considered personal cleaning?
A: Count it as business time. Work spent cleaning right before or right after the children are in your home counts as business time.
Q: Can I claim my time spent on shopping for day care items, attending college or other classes that are required by licensing rules?
A: You can't count time spent away from your home, even if they were for business activities. You could count time spent at home doing homework for college classes.
Q: How long do we need to keep our receipts?
A: Three years after you file your taxes. An exception to this general rule is that you must save receipts for items you are depreciating for as long as you are depreciating them, plus three year. Since you depreciate furniture and appliances over 7 years you need to save these receipts for 10 years.
Q: I was always told to save my records for 7 years. That is wrong?
A: It's only three years. I would save them for four years, just to be on the safe side.
Q: Many of my utility expenses are paid through automatic debit from my family checking account. Should I put a copy of my bank statement in my expense records?
A: Yes. You want to be able to show how much you paid for your utility expenses.
Q: I have parents of a child that are newly divorced. I gave them separate receipts for their taxes. One parent wants both totals because she is claiming the children as dependants. I insisted that she would have to get that information from her ex-spouse. Is this correct? Am I required to give parents an end-of-year receipt?
A: You acted correctly. You are not required to give parents an end-of-year receipt. Giving separate receipts to each parent indicating how much each parent paid is appropriate. It's up to the parents to sort out who is entitled to claim the child care tax credit.
Q: Does dental expenses count as a deduction if I set up a medical reimbursement account (Section 125 plan)?
A: Yes.


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History of Indianapolis
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The history of Indianapolis spans three centuries.
Early years[edit]
Indianapolis was founded as the site for the new state capital in 1820 by an act of the Indiana General Assembly. Prior to its official founding, Indianapolis was a swampy area called the Fall Creek Settlement sparsely settled by fur traders. The first European American settler is generally believed to be George Pogue, who on March 2, 1819, settled in a double log cabin along the creek now called Pogue's Run. However, as early as 1822, it was argued that John Wesley McCormick was the first European American settler when he built a cabin along the White River in 1820 at the site of what is now the White River State Park in downtown Indianapolis. The state capital was moved from Corydon on January 10, 1825 and the state commissioned Alexander Ralston and Elias Pym Fordham to design the new capital city. Ralston was an apprentice to the French architect Pierre L'Enfant, and he helped L'Enfant plan Washington, D.C. Ralston's original plan for Indianapolis called for a city of only 1-square-mile (2.6 km2). Under Ralston's plan, at the center of the city was placed the Governor's Circle, a large circular commons, which was to be the site of the Governor's mansion. It was used as a market commons for over six years. Although an expensive Governor's mansion was finally constructed in 1827, no Governor ever lived in the house at Governor's Circle, as the site in the city center lacked any privacy. The Governor's mansion was finally demolished in 1857.[1] Later, Governor's Circle became Monument Circle after the impressive 284-foot-tall (86.5-meter-tall) neoclassical limestone and bronze Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, designed by German architect Bruno Schmitz, was completed on the site in 1901.[1]
Civil War[edit]
During the American Civil War, Indianapolis was a major base of support for the Union. The governor of Indiana, Oliver Hazard Perry Morton, was a major supporter of President Abraham Lincoln and he quickly made Indianapolis a rallying point for Union Army forces as they prepared to enter Confederate lands.
The city was a major railroad hub and transportation center and therefore had military importance; it was also the site of a major prisoner-of-war camp, Camp Morton, and was at once threatened by attack from Confederate forces, although the nearest any Confederate came to the city was Seymour, Indiana, 60 miles (97 km) away. However, there was one incident sarcastically referred to as the Battle of Pogue's Run.
Industrial era[edit]
While the city lies on the old east–west National Road, the portion of that road that crosses Indiana was not completed until a decade after the city's founding. Indianapolis was founded on the White River under the incorrect assumption that the river would serve as a major transportation artery; however, the waterway was too sandy for trade. Through the mid-19th century, a horse-drawn barge canal by-passed the river bringing goods into the city. The Indiana Central Canal was one of eight major infrastructure projects authorized by the state's Mammoth Improvement Act of 1835. The Central Canal was intended to run 296 miles (476 km) from near Logansport, through Indianapolis, and to Evansville. The Central Canal was planned to connect the Wabash and Erie Canal to the Ohio River, completing a link between Lake Erie in the State of Ohio with the portion of the Ohio River flowing through southern Indiana in order to promote trade and commerce along its length. Construction of the Central Canal commenced in 1836, but Indiana went bankrupt in 1839 from the loans taken out under the aforementioned bill and all work on the project ceased. At the time, the 24 miles (39 km) portion of the Indianapolis section of the canal was dug and filled, but only an 8.29 miles (13.34 km) portion connecting downtown Indianapolis with the village of Broad Ripple to the north was ever operational. The portion of the completed Central Canal and adjoining White River have been turned into White River State Park.
The first railroad to service Indianapolis, the Madison and Indianapolis, began operation on October 1, 1847, and subsequent railroad connections enlarged the town. The population soared from just over 8,000 in 1850 to more than 169,000 by 1900. Later, the automobile, as in most American cities, caused a suburban explosion. With automobile companies as Duesenberg, Marmon, National, and Stutz, Indianapolis was a center of production rivaling Detroit, at least for a few years. The internationally renowned automobile races that take place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway every year are a notable residual from that booming industry at the beginning of the 20th century. With roads as the spokes of a wheel, Indianapolis was on its way to becoming a major hub of regional transport connecting to Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus and St. Louis, as is befitting the capital of a state whose motto is "The Crossroads of America." Today, four interstate roads intersect in Indianapolis: routes 65, 69, 70, and 74. The city is a major trucking center, and the extensive network of highways has allowed Indianapolis to enjoy a relatively low amount of traffic congestion for a city its size.
A strike by the street car workers in Indianapolis began in October 1913. The strike was called on the eve of the city elections and hindered many people from being able to vote, causing considerable public outrage. The union demanded the passage of a law to better protect what they believe to be their rights and wanted Governor Samuel Ralston to call a special session of the Indiana General Assembly to pass such a bill. The strike quickly began to grow and other unions and labor organizations joined. Business leaders demanded the governor call out the army and end the strike, but the unions threatened violence if that happened. On November 5 Ralston finally called out the entire Indiana National Guard and put the city under martial law. At noon on the 6th, the strikers and their sympathizers gathered around the Indiana Statehouse and began chanting a demand that the troops leave the city. Ralston exited the building and spoke to the crowd offering to withdraw the troops if the strikers would go back to work and negotiate peacefully. He offered concessions and promises that convinced the strikers of his good intentions, effectively ending the strike that day. The strike led to the creation of the states earliest labor protection laws including a minimum wage, regular work weeks, and improved working conditions.[2]
Economic and political development[edit]
Indianapolis entered a period of great prosperity at the beginning of the 20th century, and during this time the city witnessed great economic, social, and cultural progress. Much of this was due to the discovery in 1886 of a huge natural gas deposit in east-central Indiana, the celebrated Trenton Gas Field. A few years later, the discovery of oil in the area would follow and cause an increase in the population. The Trenton Field formed the western portion of what was at the time the world's largest oil field and natural gas deposit, the Lima-Indiana Field (stretching from northwestern Ohio to east-central Indiana). The state government offered a free supply of natural gas to factories that were built there. This led to a sharp increase in industries such as glass and automobile manufacturing. However, the natural gas deposits were largely depleted by 1912 and completely gone by 1920, and the end of the Indiana Gas Boom along with the coinciding rapid decline of oil production (which continued on a greatly diminished scale until 1930) contributed to an abrupt end of the golden era. The 1920 census was the first to show that Indiana had more urban than rural inhabitants.[3]
Racial history[edit]
African Americans have played a vital role in the history of Indianapolis. The city served as one of the predominant stops on the Underground Railroad, and up to the time of the Great Migration in the early 20th century, Indianapolis had a higher black population (nearly 10%) than any other city in the Northern States.[4] Today Indianapolis is the least segregated city in the northern United States, according to a University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee study, with 25% of the population living on a city block with both white and black residents.[4][5]
The African-American population originally thrived in the vibrant Indiana Avenue neighborhood, which served as a hub of black culture for the entire Midwest. Though officially founded as a specific community in 1869, Indiana Avenue was home to a black Christian church by 1836 and had a majority of black-owned businesses by 1865. A strong black middle class called this neighborhood home, as did jazz greats such as Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Coe, Noble Sissle, and Wes Montgomery.
Indianapolis printed the nation's first illustrated black newspaper in 1888. This newspaper, the Indianapolis Freeman, was circulated nationally and considered by many the leading black journal in America - dubbed the Harper's Weekly of the United States' black community.[6]
In 1910, Madam C.J. Walker moved herself and her cosmetics manufacturing company to Indianapolis. Walker would become America's first self-made woman millionaire[7] and the richest African-American of her day. Her long and remarkably successful career as both a businesswoman and a philanthropist is memorialized by the Madame Walker Theatre Center which continues to provide entertainment on Indiana Avenue to this day.
While Indianapolis had some segregated elementary schools in the early 1900s, high schools were not segregated until 1927, when, with the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, Crispus Attucks High School was established despite the opposition of the African-American community. However, even after 1948, when school segregation was outlawed in Indiana, many African-Americans took pride in Attucks, in part because all its teachers had at least master's degrees and many had PHD's.[8][9] In 1955 Crispus Attucks, led by the legendary Oscar Robertson, became the first all-black high school in America to win an integrated state basketball championship. The team repeated its championship in 1956, becoming the first team in Indiana to have an undefeated season.
Currently, Indianapolis is home to the Indiana Black Expo. The Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration is the largest ethnic/cultural event in the United States. This ten-day event, held in the Indiana Convention Center as well as various places around Indianapolis, draws African-Americans to Indianapolis from both around the state and around the country. Organized in 1970, the Black Expo has provided networking, educational, career, and cultural opportunities for its guests. Participation at the 2006 Summer Celebration reached record highs, with over 350,000 in attendance.[10]
Ku Klux Klan[edit]
A darker period of Indianapolis history began with the rise of the second Ku Klux Klan movement in the United States. The Indiana chapter of the Klan was founded in 1920 and quickly became the most powerful Klan organization in the United States. In 1922, D. C. Stephenson was appointed the Klan Grand Dragon of Indiana and 22 other states; he promptly moved the Indiana Klan's headquarters to Indianapolis, which was already coming under the Klan's influence. The Klan became the most powerful political and social organization in the city during the period from 1921 through 1928.
The Klan continued to solidify its stronghold on the state, taking over the Indiana Republican Party and using its new political might to establish a Klan-backed slate of candidates which swept state elections in 1924. The elections allowed the Klan to seize control of the Indiana General Assembly and place the corrupt Governor Edward L. Jackson in office. By then, more than 40% of the native-born white males in Indianapolis claimed membership in the Klan. Klan-backed candidates took over the City Council, the Board of School Commissioners, and the Board of County Commissioners. Through the Klan, Stephenson ruled over the State of Indiana, leading a powerful national movement set on gaining control of the United States Congress and the White House. However, the power of the Klan would quickly begin to crumble after Stephenson was convicted at the end of 1925 for the rape and murder of a young Indianapolis woman, Madge Oberholtzer.
With Stephenson's conviction, the Klan suffered a tremendous blow and quickly lost influence. When Governor Jackson refused to pardon him, Stephenson retaliated by going public with information of corruption which brought down several politicians throughout Indiana. The Mayor of Indianapolis and several local officials were convicted of bribery and jailed. Governor Jackson was indicted on charges of bribery, but he was acquitted in 1928 because the statute of limitations had run out; he completed his term in disgrace. The Klan continued to dwindle in popularity in Indiana and nationwide, and the national organization officially disbanded in 1944.
Robert F. Kennedy and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.[edit]
Years later, Indianapolis witnessed a historic moment in the Civil Rights Movement. On April 4, 1968, the day of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy delivered an impromptu speech on race reconciliation to a mostly African-American crowd in a poor inner-city Indianapolis neighborhood. Indianapolis was the only major American city spared the rioting that broke out across the country after the assassination.
As the result of a 1970 consolidation of city and county governments (known as "Unigov"), the city of Indianapolis merged most government services with those of the county. For the most part, this resulted in a unification of Indianapolis with its immediate suburbs. Four communities within Marion County (Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport and Speedway) are partially outside of the Unigov arrangement. Also, 11 other communities (called "included towns") are legally included in the Consolidated City of Indianapolis under Unigov, per Indiana Code 36-3-1-4 sec. 4(a)(2), which states that the Consolidated City of Indianapolis includes the entire area of Marion County, except the four previously mentioned "excluded" communities. The 11 "included towns" (there were originally 14, but 3 later dissolved) elected to retain their "town status" under Unigov as defined according to the Indiana Constitution, but the Indiana Constitution does not define "town status". Additionally, Cumberland straddles Hancock and Marion Counties.
These "included towns" are fully subject to the laws and control of the Consolidated City of Indianapolis, but some still impose a separate property tax and provide police and other services under contract with township or county government or the City of Indianapolis. Additionally, throughout Marion County certain local services such as schools, fire and police remained unconsolidated under the Unigov legislation. However, the mayor of Indianapolis is also the mayor of all of Marion County, and the City-County Council sits as the legislative body for all of Marion County. Further consolidation of city and county services and functions would require passage of new legislation by the Indiana General Assembly.
A bill, dubbed Indianapolis Works, was proposed by then Mayor Bart Peterson, and introduced in the 2005 legislative session of the state General Assembly, which would have further consolidated local government in the City of Indianapolis and Marion County. The Assembly passed a less-comprehensive version of the original bill that consolidated budgetary functions of the City and County, permitted the City-County Council to vote to consolidate the Indianapolis Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff's Department, and also permitted consolidation of the Indianapolis Fire Department with individual township fire departments based upon approval of the affected parties. The Washington Township Fire Department was the first township to merge with the Indianapolis Fire Department, effective January 1, 2007.
Police consolidation was defeated by the City-County Council in November 2005, but the bill was revived and passed on December 19, 2005 after slight revision. As of January 1, 2007 Indianapolis has a combined metropolitan police force. However, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is not the sole police agency within Marion county or even pre-Unigov Indianapolis. The four "excluded cities" of Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport, and Speedway still maintain separate police forces, as do many of the school districts and "included towns" within Marion County.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Sulgrove, B. R. (1884). History of Indianapolis and Marion County Indiana.
- ^ Dunn, Jacob Piatt (1919). Indiana and Indianans. Volume III. Chicago & New York: American Historical Society. p. 1230.
- ^ Caldwell, Howard; Jones, Darryl (1990). Goodall, Kenneth, ed. Indianapolis. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-32998-1. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
- ^ a b "Indianapolis" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "Racial Integration in 100 Largest Metro Areas". .uwm.edu. 2002-08-08. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "1889 1st BLACK illustr newspaper Berea College KENTUCKY". Worthpoint.com. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "C.J. Walker's story is told at Radcliffe". Harvard Gazette. 2001-02-08. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
- ^ "Crispus Attucks High School, Indianapolis, Indiana - Custom Reunion Apparel". Classicschools.com. 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "National Park Service - Crispus Attucks High School". Nps.gov. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "Indiana Black Expo". SoulOfAmerica. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
Further reading[edit]
- Abbott, Carl. "Indianapolis in the 1850s: Popular Economic Thought and Urban Growth." Indiana Magazine of History (1978): 293-315. online
- Barrows, Robert G., and Leigh Darbee. "The Urban Frontier in Pioneer Indiana." Indiana Magazine of History (2009): 262-282. online
- Dunn, Jacob Piatt. History of Greater Indianapolis (2 vol. 1910).
- Hudnut, William H. The Hudnut Years in Indianapolis, 1976-1991 (Indiana University Press, 1995)
- Kershner, Frederick D. "From Country Town to Industrial City The Urban Pattern in Indianapolis." Indiana Magazine of History (1949): 327-338. online
- Robinson, Robert V. "Making Ends Meet: Wives and Children in the Family Economy of Indianapolis, 1860–1920." Indiana Magazine of History (1996): 197-234. online
- Sample, Bradford. "A Truly Midwestern City: Indianapolis on the Eve of the Great Depression." Indiana Magazine of History (2001): 129-147. online
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Birthday: September 27, 1948
Talia and Antonio go in to see Ray, who is awake. After Antonio informs that Ray will be heading back to prison, Ray begs to see Lola - then claims that she needs his protection because Vanessa lied about him murdering his wife! "Vanessa set me up," Ray states.
At the Llanview airport, after Vanessa grabs the hit man's gun and shoots Ray down, Antonio arrests Vanessa while Talia and John get everyone under control. When Dorian walks over to where Ray has dropped and asks, "Is he dead," Talia informs that his pulse is weak - and that if the ambulance doesn't get there soon she'll be arrested for murder! Once Blair makes sure the kids are okay, John starts questioning Vanessa about coming to Llanview - and Blair approaches Dorian, demanding, "What did you do, Dorian?" Dorian claims ignorance to the situation but doesn't hide her happiness that Langston won't be leaving Llanview any time soon. After Vanessa is taken to the station, Cris, Sarah and Lola follow close behind.
Across the room, Ray calls Clint and worries that he is 'really' going to have to take Langston back home with him, to which Clint assures him that Dorian will back down. When Dorian arrives, Ray suggests they go to the gate, but Dorian says, "Wait, not yet." Ray allows Langston and her family a few minutes. As Starr rants at Dorian for not doing anything to stop this, Dorian promises, "I'm already doing everything I possibly can!" While Starr and Langston say goodbye, and think back to when they first met, Clint arrives - and faces Dorian! When Clint tells the kids that he presented Dorian with a way to get Langston back - and how she turned it down - Markko and Starr scream for Dorian to give Clint what he wants! Surprisingly, Langston doesn't blame Dorian and knows once blackmail starts it never stops. "Don't stoop to their level," Langston tells Dorian. Though Ray goes to leave, Clint stops him, promises that things will work out and insists that he stick to the plan!
Alone, Markko and Langston think back to when they first met then fall helplessly into each other's arms saying, "I love you." When Dorian goes off to buy Langston some magazines, the cashier asks, "Are you sure this is what you what?" Dorian reads her nametag, 'Mel', remembers her from the hospital - when it appeared that Mel was trying to channel her - then notices that she's holding a gun magazine! The woman warns Dorian that she can stop this - that it's not too late! Dorian finally realizes what she's started and calls Jackie and instructs him to call it off! However, Jackie reminds her that it's too late - and there's no going back. "I can't," Jackie says. "You're gonna get what you paid for."
Back at the airport, Antonio, Talia, Sarah, Cris, Vanessa and Lola are leaving when Ray spots them! As Ray starts ranting to Vanessa and Lola about the time he spent in prison, Dorian spots an airport official and screams, "He's got a gun!" Just as the man goes to shoot Ray, John appears and shoots the man down! However, when the man's gun drops and slides across the floor, Vanessa picks it up and shoots Ray herself!
Outside of the Buchanan mansion, a man watches Ray as he bangs on the door! Just as the man makes his move, with a piece of cable in his hands, Ray shoves him into the mansion, drops him onto the floor and demands, "Who sent you?" With a knife now to the man's neck, and Nigel standing over him, Nigel says, "Sir, he's with the cable company." The man insists he had a work order. After Ray leaves to find Clint, the man calls Jackie and says, "There was a problem…" Jackie demands that the man not allow their 'package' to fly away!
Clint and Nora are still in the living room, arguing over Clint's shady ways. Though Clint doesn't deny them, he reminds Nora of hers as well - and how she dealt with Todd Manning years ago by turning on her own client! Clint tries to prove that Nora took matters into her own hands back then, like he's doing now, but Nora doesn't see the similarities! Clint again assures Nora that Langston won't suffer, but Dorian will!
Suddenly, Ray appears and informs Clint and Nora that he and Langston 'will' be leaving for Colombia tonight! In a roundabout way, Clint assures Ray that their work is almost done then Ray leaves to retrieve his things from the guestroom. Carrying on with their argument, Clint and Nora finally give in to their sexual tension and engage in a kiss! Clint then promises Nora that this whole thing with Ray will be over today. Out in the foyer, Nigel informs the 'cable guy' that no one called for his services, to which he apologizes for having the wrong address then makes a hasty retreat.
Once alone, Langston cries, "Markko, I don't want to say this but… We have to breakup." However, Markko refuses to let her go and promises that everything will work out. Both profess their undying love to one another - then the doorbell rings! It's Ray - and Dorian appears shocked to see him and immediately goes to call Jackie, who says, "It's taken care of, just keep your eyes open. Nothing's going to happen to your family - just be ready."
After Ray arrives at the Buchanan mansion wanting to know if Clint made the deal with Dorian, he screams about being locked up - and calls Nora a 'red-headed witch'! Though Ray wants to be paid immediately, so he can return to Colombia, Clint informs him that Dorian didn't go for the deal - and that Ray will now have to take Langston back to Colombia with him! Just as Clint explains that Dorian will never allow Langston to get on a plane to Colombia - and that she'll hand over B.E. - Nora appears!
Suddenly, Ray appears at Dorian's door and informs that he and Langston will be leaving for Colombia tonight! Though Langston tries to plead with Ray, he leaves them to say their goodbyes - and Dorian promptly calls Jackie, in private, and gives him the go-ahead, tonight!


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Miss American Organization vice president Sharon Pearce tells The Press of Atlantic City the tune, which was first played in 1955, is no longer included. She says no decision has been made on a final song.
The song was replaced by instrumental music at the 2013 pageant in January after the widow of the songwriter filed a licensing lawsuit in federal court in California in 2012. The complaint was dismissed in December following a confidential settlement.
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Local runners cap season at states
While Saturday's cross country state championships at Twin Brook Recreation Center in Cumberland might best be remembered for who wasn't there (at least looking at things from a city of Portland perspective), it proved to be another strong day for local runners.
The Waynflete girls hoped to make a run at the top spot with senior Sofia Canning having a chance to add a state crown to her regional title of the week before, but after Canning's soccer (her main sport) game was postponed Friday and moved to Saturday, she wasn't able to take part. The Flyers still managed to come in third.
In Class A, the Deering boys placed 12th, while Cheverus' girls placed 10th.
A couple of individuals also took part.
Class C
Waynflete's girls won Class C in 2007, 2008 and 2009, then were runners-up in 2010 and third in each of the past two seasons. The Flyers hoped to get back to the pinnacle this fall, but knew that Eastern C powers Orono and Washburn would pose a mighty challenge.
But it was Mother Nature which dealt the cruelest blow.
Waynflete's girls' soccer team was suppoed to play at St. Dom's Friday afternoon, which would have made Canning available for Saturday's race, but rain and poor field conditions caused the game to be moved to Saturday afternoon. While Canning conceivably could have run at 12:30 p.m. and made it to Auburn for a 2:30 p.m. soccer game, it didn't happen and instead, she helped the Flyers to a 5-2 win on the pitch.
Waynflete coach Ziggy Gillespie was distraught that Canning couldn't take part.
"She would have won because she's so much tougher on that course," Gillespie said. "I'm not the only one to feel that way. She could have been named All-State in cross country and could have gone down as a Waynflete athlete comparable to Martha Veroneau."
Back in Cumberland, the Flyers posted 107 points to finish third, as Orono edged Washburn for the top spot (48-50).
Waynflete was paced by Phoebe Colvin-Oehmig, who had the 10th-best time, but came in eighth for scoring purposes (after individuals were removed from the equation) with a time of 22 minutes, 2.26 seconds on the 5-kilometer course. Also scoring were Sophia Mayone (11th, 22.16.6), Gail Johnson (15th, 22:27.07), Ellie Chidsey (20th, 22:53.02) and Rowan Price (53rd, 25:14.34).
"All the girls (had personal records)," said Gillespie. "Orono and Washburn were really, really good on a day I thought they'd have trouble with Twin Brook, but they didn't. The good news is that we get everybody back. I ran four freshmen in a state meet."
The Flyers didn't qualify for the boys' state meet, but Graham Chance ran as an individual, posting the 48th-best time (19:51.08).
Waynflete's future is bright.
"We get everyone back except Graham and Max Rowe and we have a pile of freshmen coming in," Gillespie said.
Boothbay edged Orono by two points to win the title.
Class A
In the Class A girls' race, won by Bonny Eagle with 82 points, Cheverus had 236 points to place 10th. The Stags have now scored at states in 12 consecutive seasons.
Kiera Murray sparkled for Cheverus, coming in third individually in 19:49.8. Also scoring were Kaitlyn Dostie (21st, 21:36.39), Anne Veroneau (55th, 23:12.24), Sarah Mount (71st, 24:17.73) and Megan Sawicki (86th, 26:26.8).
On the boys' side, Lewiston won the title with 51 points. Deering's 243 left it 12th.
The Rams got a ninth-place finish from Yahye Hussein (17:19.49). Also scoring were Iid Sheikh-Yusef (16th, 17:33.66), Matthew Bernier (66th, 19:08.73), Hany Ramadan (75th, 19:23.32) and Ismail Diini (77th, 19:35.93).
Portland's Ben Allen and Jake Morrow-Spitzer competed as individuals.
Morrow-Spitzer was 25th (17:46.29) and Allen placed 63rd (18:45.79).
New Englands
The New England championships are Saturday in Manchester, N.H.
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My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.
Phyllis Diller
When you learn how to accept instead of expect, you'll have fewer disappointments…
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I know there has long been a great frustration among the African Americans in Nevada over their belief that we have not adequately responded to their desires to become more educated and more productive citizens.
James E. Rogers
I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result.
Steven Gerard
I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with humor. So yeah, it's interesting.
Bradley Whit ford
A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.
Aldous Huxley
If you don't like my words, don't listen…
If you don't like my appearance, don't look…
If you don't like my actions, turn your head… i don't care !!!
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A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
Chuck Noll
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crown-less again shall be king.
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No more pain for you as you're lain
to rest in heaven. No worries,
though you'll always be on my mind
as I'm walking in the rain.
I'll still be waving in the wind
at you from the docking of
the boat we sailed in one
moonlit night way up high.
Oh what a sight of a crystal beeded
lake. We had no clue we were so close
to heaven, That we were going to get
in each others arms at that moment
without a care of your brothers.
Nor we did not care to share that moment
with a single soul,But we knew we had to
tear ourselves away so we could mingle
like the rest for we know that
would be rude but if we only knew
that Heaven wanted you more, We would
have never torn our gaze off of our moment