Indiana i/ɪndiˈænə/ is a U.S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816.
Before becoming a territory, varying cultures of indigenous peoples and historic Native Americans inhabited Indiana for thousands of years. Since its founding as a territory, settlement patterns in Indiana have reflected regional cultural segmentation present in the Eastern United States; the state's northernmost tier was settled primarily by people from New England and New York, Central Indiana by migrants from the Mid-Atlantic states and from adjacent Ohio, and Southern Indiana by settlers from the Southern states, particularly Kentucky and Tennessee.
Indiana has a diverse economy with a gross state product of $298 billion in 2012. Indiana has several metropolitan areas with populations greater than 100,000 and a number of smaller industrial cities and towns. Indiana is home to several major sports teams and athletic events including the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, the NASL's Indy Eleven, the NBA's Indiana Pacers, the WNBA's Indiana Fever, the Indianapolis 500, and Brickyard 400 motorsports races.
Indiana is the third album by singer/songwriter David Mead, his first for Nettwerk. It was released in 2004.
SS Indiana was an iron passenger-cargo steamship built by William Cramp & Sons in 1873. The third of a series of four Pennsylvania-class vessels, Indiana and her three sister ships – Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois – were the largest iron ships ever built in the United States at the time of their construction, and among the first to be fitted with compound steam engines. They were also the first ships to challenge British dominance of the transatlantic trade since the American Civil War.
Though soon outclassed by newer vessels, Indiana was to enjoy a substantial 36-year career, a highlight of which was her transportation of United States President Ulysses S. Grant on the first leg of his celebrated 1877–78 world tour. After 24 years of transatlantic crossings, Indiana was sold for Pacific service, before being requisitioned as a troopship for service during the Spanish–American War. She was wrecked off Isla Santa Margarita, Mexico, in 1909.
The four Pennsylvania class liners were constructed at a cost of $520,000 each by William Cramp & Sons on behalf of the American Steamship Company (ASC), a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The Railroad intended to utilize the vessels to bring European immigrants direct to Philadelphia, thus ensuring the company a steady stream of customers. In recognition of this purpose, the four ships—Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio—were named after the four states serviced by the Railroad. Design of the ships was entrusted to Charles H. Cramp of the Cramp & Sons shipyard, and Barnabas H. Bartol, a director of the ASC.
[Verse]
Two years, eight months, three weeks, eleven days
Twenty-seven minutes, forty seconds since heaven gave
Me a reason for breathin'
Remember when our daughter grew her teeth in?
Me and you, we used to stay up
Late nights, play fights
Pillow-fightin', "Thriller" Michael Jackson
Was our jam, now our love is so surreal, it's frightenin'
...I knew that somethin' was strange
When I got the voice mail sayin' 'Danny, you changed'
How did I change? I know that I don't call as much as I'd like to
But baby girl I wanna spend my life with you
It's bad enough my friends are sayin' the same thing
I figure this is one of the ills that fame brings
Besides, I Western Union you two times a week
And I gotta be doin' somethin' right by buying that Jeep
For your moms, sometimes I wish the price for trying was cheap
So tell me what do I do now?
I got a beep, hold on
[Phone conversation between Danny! and a groupie]
[Danny!:] Hello?
[Groupie:] Yeah...is this D. Swain?
[Danny!:] This is Danny Swain, who's this?
[Groupie:] Mmmmm, hey baby - what you got on?
[Danny!:] [laughs] Yo, who is this yo?
[Groupie:] It's me, Cristal...remember? You met me in Jersey
after the concert - which was hot, by the way - you know?
Look, I was just -
[Danny!:] Yo, yo...on some real shit...I'd love to chat with you
right now, but my baby mama's on the line and I'm tryin' to work
things out with her right now, y'know? We got some things goin' on -
[Groupie:] Hey baby, why stress over her when you can have me on
the side? I won't haggle you, youknowwhatImsayin? I'll keep my
mouth shut, you can come through anytime you want...it's yours Daddy.
[Danny!:] (ponders) Nah, I can't...I can't do it yo, I'm sorry...
I'm sorry - my girl, you know, I love her - I really love her,
and I, um...I got a little girl! Yeah, I got a daughter and a baby
on the way, my baby mama just told me she's two months pregnant.
[Groupie:] Two months?! Nigga, you were on tour in Jersey FOUR months
ago, have you been home since then?
[Danny!:] Uh...naw, I guess I haven't but that's not really any of your business!
[Groupie:] Hmph...yeah nigga. I'll chat with you later. I think you've
got some, um, I guess BUSINESS you need to handle...
[Danny!:] Man, whatever, whatever...I'll holla at you later yo...
[Groupie:] Bye!
[Danny!:] Shit, bye! (clicks over) Hello? Hello? Keiya? Keiya? Hello?