diff --git a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/data/Property.java b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/data/Property.java
index b1526e629..40bfb08f7 100644
--- a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/data/Property.java
+++ b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/data/Property.java
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
  */
 package com.todoroo.andlib.data;
 
+import static com.todoroo.andlib.sql.SqlConstants.COMMA;
+import static com.todoroo.andlib.sql.SqlConstants.LEFT_PARENTHESIS;
+import static com.todoroo.andlib.sql.SqlConstants.RIGHT_PARENTHESIS;
+import static com.todoroo.andlib.sql.SqlConstants.SPACE;
+
+import com.todoroo.andlib.sql.Criterion;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.sql.Field;
+import com.todoroo.andlib.sql.Operator;
 
 /**
  * Property represents a typed column in a database.
@@ -150,6 +157,21 @@ public abstract class Property<TYPE> extends Field implements Cloneable {
                 PropertyVisitor<RETURN, PARAMETER> visitor, PARAMETER data) {
             return visitor.visitString(this, data);
         }
+
+        public Criterion in(final String[] value) {
+            final Field field = this;
+            return new Criterion(Operator.in) {
+
+                @Override
+                protected void populate(StringBuilder sb) {
+                    sb.append(field).append(SPACE).append(Operator.in).append(SPACE).append(LEFT_PARENTHESIS).append(SPACE);
+                    for (String s : value) {
+                        sb.append("\"").append(s.toString()).append("\"").append(COMMA);
+                    }
+                    sb.deleteCharAt(sb.length() - 1).append(RIGHT_PARENTHESIS);
+                }
+            };
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/sql/Criterion.java b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/sql/Criterion.java
index 5acdc6535..9059bc8f1 100644
--- a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/sql/Criterion.java
+++ b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/sql/Criterion.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import static com.todoroo.andlib.sql.SqlConstants.SPACE;
 public abstract class Criterion {
     protected final Operator operator;
 
-    Criterion(Operator operator) {
+    public Criterion(Operator operator) {
         this.operator = operator;
     }
 
diff --git a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/sql/SqlConstants.java b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/sql/SqlConstants.java
index fa9d647fc..4739acfeb 100644
--- a/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/sql/SqlConstants.java
+++ b/api/src/com/todoroo/andlib/sql/SqlConstants.java
@@ -2,24 +2,24 @@ package com.todoroo.andlib.sql;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("nls")
 public final class SqlConstants {
-    static final String SELECT = "SELECT";
-    static final String DISTINCT = "DISTINCT";
-    static final String SPACE = " ";
-    static final String AS = "AS";
-    static final String COMMA = ",";
-    static final String FROM = "FROM";
-    static final String ON = "ON";
-    static final String JOIN = "JOIN";
-    static final String ALL = "*";
-    static final String LEFT_PARENTHESIS = "(";
-    static final String RIGHT_PARENTHESIS = ")";
-    static final String AND = "AND";
-    static final String BETWEEN = "BETWEEN";
-    static final String LIKE = "LIKE";
-    static final String OR = "OR";
-    static final String ORDER_BY = "ORDER BY";
-    static final String GROUP_BY = "GROUP BY";
-    static final String WHERE = "WHERE";
+    public static final String SELECT = "SELECT";
+    public static final String DISTINCT = "DISTINCT";
+    public static final String SPACE = " ";
+    public static final String AS = "AS";
+    public static final String COMMA = ",";
+    public static final String FROM = "FROM";
+    public static final String ON = "ON";
+    public static final String JOIN = "JOIN";
+    public static final String ALL = "*";
+    public static final String LEFT_PARENTHESIS = "(";
+    public static final String RIGHT_PARENTHESIS = ")";
+    public static final String AND = "AND";
+    public static final String BETWEEN = "BETWEEN";
+    public static final String LIKE = "LIKE";
+    public static final String OR = "OR";
+    public static final String ORDER_BY = "ORDER BY";
+    public static final String GROUP_BY = "GROUP BY";
+    public static final String WHERE = "WHERE";
     public static final String EXISTS = "EXISTS";
     public static final String NOT = "NOT";
     public static final String LIMIT = "LIMIT";
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
index 45482efdd..12eb7339a 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public final class TagService {
                 tagData.readFromCursor(cursor);
                 String tagName = tagData.getValue(TagData.NAME).trim();
                 Tag tag = new Tag(tagData);
-                if(tagData.getValue(TagData.DELETION_DATE) > 0) {
+                if(tagData.getValue(TagData.DELETION_DATE) > 0 || tagData.getFlag(TagData.FLAGS, TagData.FLAG_EMERGENT)) {
                     tags.remove(tagName);
                     continue;
                 }