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wikiHow to Request a Trial by Jury for a Small Claims Suit
Three Parts:Asking for a Jury TrialSelecting Your JuryPreparing for Your Jury TrialCommunity Q&A
Many states allow you to choose a jury trial in small claims court. The process for requesting the jury will differ depending on the court, so make sure to check with the court clerk for the rules you must follow. To select a jury, you need to analyze who you think will be sympathetic to your case and try to excuse potential jurors who might be biased. Jury trials are a lot of work: you'll need to practice opening and closing statements and possibly give the judge a set of jury instructions.
Part 1
Asking for a Jury Trial
1Check if you can request a jury trial. Not every small claims court will allow you to request a jury trial. Instead, they might require a "bench trial," which is a trial where the judge decides the verdict. Before choosing to go to small claims court, you should check whether a jury trial is an option. Contact your court clerk and ask.
- In some states, either party may request a jury trial.[1]
- In other states, the person bringing the lawsuit cannot request a jury trial but the defendant may.[2]
- Also check whether the jury trial will be held in small claims court. In some states, you can request a jury but the case will be transferred out of small claims to the regular civil courts.[3]
2Confirm why you want a jury trial. Analyze why you want a jury to hear the case instead of the judge. It's generally easier to let the judge hear and decide the case.[4] If you request a jury trial, you'll have to question and select jurors.[5] Accordingly, you should be sure of your reasons for requesting a jury.
- You might want a jury because you assume they will be more sympathetic to you. That might be true, depending on the case. For example, juries tend to be more sympathetic to small business owners.[6] If you're suing a small business, you might not want to request a jury trial.
- However, a jury trial might make sense if you are a small business owner being sued or suing someone else.
- If the issues are complicated, then a bench trial might be better. Judges can focus better than jurors.
3Request a jury trial. The process for requesting a jury trial differs depending on the court. In Illinois, for example, you need to include your request for the jury in the complaint you file with the court. A defendant must request a jury trial in their written response or at their first appearance in court.[7]
- In some courts, you might have to submit multiple documents. Check with the court clerk, who should have a pamphlet that explains small claims court procedures. In New York, for example, the defendant must submit an affidavit identifying the factual dispute the jury must decide and must also affirm that the dispute is in good faith.[8]
- Pay attention to your deadlines. In some courts, you can wait until the day before your trial to request a jury. However, in other states, you must make your request within a certain number of days after filing the suit or receiving the notice of claim.[9] If you miss the deadline, you won't be able to request a jury.
5Withdraw your request, if possible. You might change your mind and not want a jury trial after all. The process for withdrawing your request will depend on the court. In Indiana, for example, once you request a jury the other side must agree in order for you to withdraw your request.[12]
Part 2
Selecting Your Jury
1Watch a trial to prepare. To familiarize yourself with jury selection, you should attend a small claims court trial. Courthouses are generally open to the public, so check the court's calendar to see when cases are heard. Show up at the courthouse and sit quietly in the back with a notepad.
- Pay attention to the questions the judge asks potential jurors. In some courts, the parties to the lawsuit also get to ask questions.
- Understand the process for selecting the jurors. Typically, you get a certain number of "peremptory" challenges, which means you can keep them off the jury without giving the judge a reason. You may also ask the judge to excuse a juror "for cause." This means the juror can't be fair, often because they are related to one side.[13]
- Jury trials might be rare in the small claims court nearest you. If so, sit in on a trial in regular civil court, where jury selection might be more frequent.
2Research potential jurors. The day of your trial, court personnel will select a group of potential jurors from a jury pool and bring them to your courtroom.[14] You will probably also receive a list of their names. If you have time, you might want to do quick research on these people using your smart phone.
- For example, you can check if they have social media accounts. You might realize that one juror has recently complained about her home repair. This person would be a great asset to have on your jury if you are suing a carpenter.
- You don't want your phone going off in court, so you might not want to perform research unless you can completely mute the phone. Most phones buzz when muted, which is still annoying.
- If you attend your trial with a friend or family member, they can step outside the court room briefly and do research.
3Analyze each juror. The judge will begin by asking potential jurors basic background questions: job, marital status, whether they have ever served on a jury. You might also get to ask the jurors questions, though this depends on the judge.[15] You can learn a lot about jurors based on their answers and their body language.
- Always ask about relevant experiences. For example, a juror who has had a negative experience with a veterinarian could be a great juror if you are suing your vet. However, they would make a terrible juror if you are the vet.
- If your case is complicated, you might want jurors with higher education since they can probably understand the evidence better.
- Pay attention to body language. The judge will probably ask the juror if they can be fair. A juror who looks away or answers "yes" in a grudging manner is probably lying.
4Exercise your challenges. If a juror admits to bias or to knowing the other side, then ask the judge to excuse the juror for cause. You get an unlimited number of for cause challenges. However, realize that you can't challenge someone for cause simply because you have a gut instinct they might be biased. It isn't enough that a potential juror is a nurse and the person you are suing is also a nurse.
- When you have a gut instinct someone might not be fair, then use one of your peremptory challenges.
- You can't use peremptory challenges in a way that is discriminatory. For example, you can't exclude jurors based on race, ethnicity, or sex.[16]
- The other side might claim you are using your peremptory challenges in a discriminatory manner, so make sure you have a non-discriminatory reason for using it. The judge will ask what the real reason is. You should be able to say something like, "I'm suing a doctor, and she said she was married to a doctor."
Part 3
Preparing for Your Jury Trial
1Find jury instructions. Jurors need to be instructed on the law, and you may need to submit proposed jury instructions to the judge. It can take quite a bit of work to select the right jury instructions, so begin early. One advantage of a bench trial is that the judge doesn't need to be instructed on the law.
- Look to see if your state has "pattern" jury instructions. These are standard instructions, often created by your state's bar committee.[17] Type "your state" and "pattern jury instructions" to see if any are available online.
- If you can't find them online, then visit your nearest law library, which may be at the courthouse or at a nearby law school. The instructions could be in paper form.
- You should choose all relevant instructions. This can be tricky, especially if you are not a lawyer. For example, if you are suing because the defendant was careless when they harmed you, you'll want a "negligence" instruction. If you don't know what else to pick, you should consult with a lawyer.
- Go through the pattern instructions and pick the ones that seem most relevant. The judge will ultimately decide which instructions to give the jury.
2Practice your opening statement. Jury trials are like bench trials in most respects. However, one difference is the opening statement. In many bench trials, a judge won't need an opening statement, but you'll need one for a jury trial. You should carefully prepare and practice your opening statement, which provides a sneak peek of the evidence you will present.[18]
- Sit down and list all of the witnesses you will call. Then summarize in a few sentences why you are calling them. For example, you might call your real estate agent as a witness because she heard a home seller say the roof was new (when it wasn't).
- Organize the list of witnesses in the order you will call them.
- Summarize what the witnesses will say. Use sentences like, "And you'll hear from Rosa Smith, who is a real estate agent. She will testify that the defendant claimed the roof had been put on just that year."
- Practice giving your opening statement to family and friends. Work on developing good pacing and eye contact with your audience.
3Draft a closing argument. Once all evidence has been presented, you get to make a closing argument to the jury. This is your chance to sum up all of the evidence and show how it supports your side of the case.[19]
- Don't type up a page of text and read it to the jury. Don't memorize it, either. Instead, outline your argument in bullet points so that you can refer to them if you need to. Begin and end with your strongest arguments.
- Print out a draft of your notes and take them to court. If a witness says something surprising during trial, you can pencil the new information into your notes so you remember to mention it.
4Contact an attorney if you need help. Small claims court is designed so that people don't need lawyers. However, you might have a lot of questions and not know where to get answers. Court personnel can't give you legal advice or tips for trial strategy, so you should find a lawyer if you need someone to bounce ideas off.
- You can get a referral to an attorney by contacting your local or state bar association, which you can find here: http://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/ABAGroups/DivisionforBarServices/BarAssociationDirectories/StateLocalBarAssociations.aspx. Enter your zip code. Call up the attorney and ask how much it will cost for a consultation.
- If you are low income, you might qualify for legal aid. Visit http://www.lsc.gov to find the nearest legal aid office near you.
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Sources and Citations
- ↑ https://www.dallascounty.org/government/jpcourts/3-1/start.php
- ↑ http://www.nycourts.gov/courthelp/pdfs/smallclaimshandbook.pdf
- ↑ http://www.courts.state.nh.us/district/eclaims/index.htm
- ↑ https://www.dallascounty.org/government/jpcourts/3-1/start.php
- ↑ https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-information/can-i-have-jury-trial-small-claims-court
- ↑ http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/my-states-small-claims-court-gives-me-jury-trial-option-should-i-take.html
- ↑ https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-information/can-i-have-jury-trial-small-claims-court
- ↑ http://www.nycourts.gov/courthelp/pdfs/smallclaimshandbook.pdf
- ↑ https://www.in.gov/judiciary/rules/small_claims/small_claims.pdf
- ↑ https://www.dallascounty.org/government/jpcourts/3-1/start.php
- ↑ http://www.nycourts.gov/courthelp/pdfs/smallclaimshandbook.pdf
- ↑ https://www.in.gov/judiciary/rules/small_claims/small_claims.pdf
- ↑ http://www.depts.ttu.edu/Sls/forms/How-to-Sue-in-Small-Claims-Court.pdf
- ↑ http://litigation.findlaw.com/going-to-court/jury-trials-representing-yourself.html
- ↑ http://litigation.findlaw.com/going-to-court/jury-trials-representing-yourself.html
- ↑ https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/peremptory_challenge
- ↑ https://www.michbar.org/file/barjournal/article/documents/pdf4article2749.pdf
- ↑ http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/differences
- ↑ http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/differences
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a lotta baby makin on this one
Miguel >>>>> Frank Ocean
Hands down
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Lol Kaleidoscope Dreams samples My Name Is by Eminem. lol
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Miguel >>>>> Frank Ocean
@her you mean they both sampled the same artist Labi Siffre
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@lynx i disagree but i respect yo opinion!
For those comparing the 2 (Frank Ocean and Miguel), frank Ocean is more Hiskool late teen music … this is on some grown up shit.
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I will definitely purchasing a physical in October when it drops.
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Shocking moment Paris Orly airport attacker grabs soldier's gun before being shot dead
ZIYED BEN BELGACEM was shot dead after trying to snatch a gun from a counter-terrorism solider at Orly airport in Paris.
CCTV footage has been released of that attack in the French capital as the suspected Islamist terrorist grabbed a soldier's rifle before being shot dead.
Belgacem, 39, originally launched an attack on a police traffic patrol with an air rifle before the incident.
In the footage, the attacker can be seen grabbing an officer from behind and ushering the solider along the airport terminal.
Next another solider can be seen following the pair, reportedly with his weapon already out.
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The struggle continued for around a minute before he was fatally shot, as the attacker attempted to grab the officers rifle.
A source initially said the man was a radicalised Muslim who was known to the authorities, however, later the French Interior Ministry confirmed the man was on a crime watchlist, not a terror watchlist.
Reports suggest that the offender had 44 offences on his criminal record, with his most recent being for armed robbery.
No one else was injured during the incident which took place on Saturday.
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Belgacem was originally stopped for speeding during a traffic stop at around 7am local time, when he fired at a policewoman's face with an air pistol, leaving her "lightly injured".
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Amid the controversy over his statement on pubs and dress code, Goa Minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Tuesday demanded a ban on bikinis to prevent molestation cases in the state known for its beaches.
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On Monday, Dhavalikar had said "scantily dressed girls" visiting pubs and project a wrong culture. "Young girls wearing short dresses to pubs does not fit in our culture.
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Richards, who drives the Castrol-backed FPR Falcon, is 16th on the championship ladder and has only stood on a podium once this year, after the year's fifth race at Winton in Victoria.
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Anger at plans to hold benefit gig for 'Angel of Death' Colin Norris
PLANS for a benefit concert to raise funds for a serial killer nurse dubbed the Angel of Death have caused outrage.
Colin Norris was given four life sentences in 2008 for murdering pensioners Bridget Bourke, Irene Crookes, Doris Ludlam and Ethel Hall with massive insulin injections.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission is re-examining the case, and Norris's supporters claim he is innocent.
The decision to hold the benefit concert in Dundee, where Glaswegian Norris trained as a nurse, has been branded a "slap in the face for victims' families".
Dundee band The Cundeez will headline the event at the city's Beat Generator Live later this month.
For people who do not know his case, a fundraiser may seem strange, but that is the point
A poster states the event highlights "the case of Dundee-trained nurse Colin Norris, wrongly imprisoned for murders which never happened".
Pam Craig, who met Norris in training at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital, said: "For people who do not know his case, a fundraiser may seem strange, but that is the point, to make people aware of a huge miscarriage of justice.
"At the moment, it is with the Criminal Cases Review Commission and we are waiting for a decision. The event is to raise funds for legal costs and anything else that is needed at all."
Pensioners groups in Dundee, however, branded the "party" in Norris's name "disgraceful".
Jim Elder, of the Dundee Pensioners Forum, said: "All those families are still grieving their loved ones. This is a slap in the face.
"It is frightening for pensioners and their families when these things happen in nursing homes and hospitals. Older people are easy targets. Having a party for someone convicted of murdering elderly, vulnerable people is disgraceful."
Norris was branded "thoroughly evil" by the judge at the end of a 19-week trial at Newcastle Crown Court where he was found guilty of murdering the pensioners while working in a hospital in Leeds.
Norris was convicted of four murders and one attempted murder in March 2008. His victims were aged 79, 80, 86 and 88.
Mr Justice Griffith William told him: "I suspect you enjoyed the power that ending a life gave you, choosing the elderly because they were powerless. You are an arrogant and manipulative man with a real dislike of elderly patients. The most telling evidence was that observation of one of your patients, Bridget Tarpey, who said 'he did not like us old women'."
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Detroit fans embrace Pudge in return
As much as Rodriguez tried to treat it as another game, there's still part of him that can't separate himself from Detroit -- certainly the real estate market, which in this case provided the benefits of a good night's sleep.
"I still have the house," Rodriguez said. "I stayed there last night."
Judging by the ovation Rodriguez received upon his introduction, he still has some fans, too. When Rodriguez stepped to the plate to lead off the second inning against Justin Verlander, the pitcher whose no-hitter the veteran backstop caught last year, the crowd at Comerica Park gave Pudge a lengthy standing ovation. It was enough to prompt the catcher to tip his batting helmet in appreciation.
"It was special, it was nice," Rodriguez said after the game. "I appreciate that very, very, very much from the fans. I got some goosebumps. I remember in Texas they did the same thing. It was great. It means that all the four years that I was here, I did a great job, I did a great job for the organization, for the fans. It was a very nice moment."
His former teammates concurred.
"That was nice," Verlander said. "I gave him a little head-nod, but at that point, I'm not worried about the aura of what's going on with him. Obviously, he did a lot for this organization. Not only do I appreciate it, the organization and the fans appreciate it. And they showed it, which was special."
When all-day rains postponed this game, originally scheduled for Mother's Day, there was no hint of how much of a back story the makeup game would have. That changed on July 30, when the Tigers traded Rodriguez to New York for reliever Kyle Farnsworth.
Much like he did for most of July, when the pending free agent faced questions about his future, Rodriguez said he was not surprised.
"That's baseball," Rodriguez shrugged. "You have to prepare for things like that are going to happen somewhere. I was waiting for that, because Brandon [Inge] still had [two more] years of contract and they tried to find a place for him to play. That's the way it is. Baseball is like that."
With that trade, however, it was instantly going to be a day of mixed emotions for Pudge, no matter how much he tried to downplay it. He had been in the visitors' dugout at Comerica Park before, back when he was a member of the Texas Rangers, but this time was different.
The fact that it was one game, not an entire series, arguably made it easier for Rodriguez. Since he was traded in the middle of a road trip, it was one chance for him to say good-bye to his home fans, no matter how much he tried to focus on the game.
"When you play for 4 1/2 years with them, it's always something like that in there," Rodriguez said. "But again, it's a game that we have to go out and win. Now I'm a New York Yankee, and I'm going to compete against the Tigers."
How much the competition will mean in the American League playoff chase is debatable. The deal was essentially a chance both teams took at trying to address their needs -- the Yankees seeking a starting catcher to fill in for injured veteran Jorge Posada, and the Tigers desperately needing relief help.
Rodriguez entered Monday hitting .203 (12-for-59) in 20 games -- 16 starts -- since putting on pinstripes. The Yankees, meanwhile, entered Monday seven games back in the American League Wild Card race.
Farnsworth entered Monday having given up 17 hits over 11 1/3 innings, with a 4.76 ERA in 11 outings as a Tiger, though he had pitched four scoreless innings and recorded four strikeouts in his past four outings.
"I always grew up winning," Rodriguez said. "I play the game hard. I play the game to win. And of course, [the losing] bothers me a little bit, because I know we're good. We're capable of doing good. But that's baseball. What we have to do is keep playing hard and see what happens."
What will happen beyond this year is anyone's guess. Rodriguez isn't thinking that far ahead.
"Not yet," Rodriguez said. "I'm just looking for today's game. Play hard, finish this month strong, win games for the team. After that, I don't know yet."
The one thing Rodriguez knows is that he believes he is still an everyday catcher.
"Absolutely," he said. "I know myself, and I know my shape. I'm healthy, I'm good, I'm feeling great. And of course I can play every day."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Gina: I fear that Dr. Clarke's expectation of all of us cashing out by March 22nd 2016 will fall to the waste side, I'm sure he had good intentions with coming in a few weeks ago and posting his Intel, but with only 5-days until the 22nd, it's sadly obvious that Intel provided once again has missed the mark. IMHO
Skip: Oil has already blasted through $41 as of today. Dr. Clarke's comments are still in-line with what he had proposed.
Dr. Clarke: MARCH 22-24, 2016......The rate will increase, all exchanges to follow thereafter, if you choose.
LifeisArt: "Third Time's the Charm" - TZX Intelligence Report
Intel comes and goes, where is it all coming from?
We are all aware that there is in-fact a current immanent process of the global currency reset and/or global financial reset. Whether this may include the NESARA/GESARA and the activation of an apparent "New Republic" in the US, who knows?
We would like to remind you that this is the 3rd time in history that such an event was planned.
The 1st Time
Prior to 1963, JFK had agreements with President Surkano. One of these agreements involved gold assets. These gold assets were to be used to back the United States Dollar and return America's currency to a gold-backed standard. On November of 1963, JFK was assassinated.
President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines also planned something similar. Plans of a single currency for all of South East Asia, gold-backed. Marcos was removed from power by an incited uprising before this could be accomplished.
The 2nd Time
In 2001, a plan formed by unknown forces and was nearing implementation was suddenly and deliberately halted. This event was known as the September 11 attacks in 2001. The plan that was nearing implementation was N.E.S.A.R.A.
The 3rd Time
Post-war Iraq, speculation of the Iraqi Dinar to be revalued arises on the internet. Time passes and more currencies such as the Vietnamese Dong and the Zimbabwean Dollar become victims of the revaluation speculations. This continues on for nearly a decade and the speculation has now evolved to have these keywords, "GCR/GFR, NESARA/GESARA, Mass Arrests, the New Republic and 'The Event'".
If it wasn't for these "speculations", Iraq would have already revalued its currency only for the Cabal to profit. A great analogy for these speculations is a puzzle. You can see all of the puzzle pieces in-front of you, they are real, they are physical, but they have not been put together yet to see the real picture.
We are the little kid caught in-between two older kids playing catch. One older kid signals us to catch the ball, but throws it at the other older kid purposely. What can we do? Grow up until we can catch the ball.
In other words, we are the victims of an on-going war and this immanent process is not only about getting rich. It is about your spiritual health and consciousness.
Various intel providers, sources and contacts are going dark. Some instructed to return at the time of exchange or after.
Possible signal of exchange early exchange and/or silence of information prior to the exchange event.
Possible movement/distribution of funds at this current time.
Redemption staff are ready and have been ready for weeks.
Prepare yourselves, although stay grounded. But know that another ripened apple from the tree is once again ready to fall into your hands. The next apple will be a while.
Cudbuk: A MUST watch.... www.eagleonetowanta.com this 9 min. video exposes it all and will be a full blown doc. this summer; greatest currency trade ever, the real reason Vince Foster was murdered, Fed exposed,names, EO11110,Wanta still working for we the people; how the new Russian Federation came about; EVERY AMERICAN must know this story and will this July
Imperium: yes, yes.... Folks... this is part of the early story of why you're here: Understanding Wanta is a big part of this story. http://eagleonetowanta.com/
Imperium: Remember :: the disinformation is coming now like a tsunami. All of your belief systems will be stretched, regardless of your attempts to create your reality. Positive & negative are two sides of the same coin. Take nothing personally. Let go. Allow things to be as they are. Don't keep digging up the sprouting seed to check on it. Trust. Let go... let God.
saintly : I will try to keep it short....been in this 10 yrs,,stepped away 9 years ago until a phone call from someone high up in GEN 64, in Oct...then intel started flowing so much that i cancelled business travel and decided to relax and ride the currency wave.....
Then my friend and I got a call from a friend in the 3 letter govrt agency (ends with a T) 2 weeks ago...he never talked about the rv, ever,,,
He said any hour and would be shocked if it wasnt done by the 14th
Well that came and went but he called again and said dont worry its here...along with so much other things I have been privvy to....I have to believe its now....
Lonnieh43: Someone once said: OIL will continue to rise toward that $40 mark, over the next 2 weeks NECESSARY, for RV stabilization for ALL CURRENCIES to be adjusted upward. It's happening RIGHT NOW. OIL is the controlling factor worldwide, RIGHT NOW - not Gold, or any other commodity. OIL. RIGHT NOW. OIL is the TOOL used to change everything.....This will change in the years ahead.
Frank226: What we SHARED with You on last MONDAY'S CC and two days ago in a BLUE POST ............ WALKINGSTICK is showing You today !!!
This that is happening is IMPORTANT and we also told You that Biden has been there since last week. The NET is lost on this .......... Sadly they look for a DATE while we illuminate the PATH to this event via our STUDIES.
Then there is the advancements of FLAGS that are now being told to You. As opinionated We are at "HALF" .......... This is a Bench mark of Mosul. BUT HOW at only 50? Because the bad guys are cornered at 1 % leaving 99 to us with 50 of it READY to GO. IMO ......... They tell You ALL about this inside of now till Start of April. As i watch them and You Family ........ In this case in lower case.
BTW ............ I was asked yesterday about FIREWORKS would be launched when i was in Hawaii ............ I said on July 4th because i will be there. This sentence was misconstrued by some last night. IMO ................ The IMF is SHOWING IRAQ AND IRAN what both need to do in the First HALF of 2016.
Then i expressed Fed rates up in JUNE.
My goal with this post is to continue to ............. Point in one direction. Not the many some constructed. KTFA Frank
Walkingstick: Abadi: Victory will be soon and we will raise the Iraqi flag in Mosul expanded
Baghdad} Euphrates News confirmed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said "victory will be soon, we will raise the Iraqi flag in Mosul."
A statement by the Prime Minister 's Office and the agency {Euphrates News} received a copy of it on Thursday, " The Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces confirmed that the popular crowd a State institution, and touch the touch of the Iraqi state," adding that he " is not the right one that sets us who participates in the battle or not, is not entitled to hand to prevent citizens from participating liberation of his land.
among Abadi during a meeting led by the officials and brigades popular crowd, said that" what has been achieved from the victories and the liberation of the land to override the banner of the nation and defend the sanctities ordered Mubarak, and achieved thanks to the fatwa blessed religious authority honest, now stand on thethreshold of a new phase of victories for the liberation of all occupied. "
the prime minister pointed out that" we do not have fear of Daash gang crimes, andthey did all they could and want to insert a horror among citizens, and we have to tolerate these rumors. "
and the prime Council of Ministers that "whenever we approach the final victory, and achieve a winning streak rumors abound, and we must address them," he said ."Think about these gangs is supported will turn to its owners, and will not be one spared him."
the statement said that "al - Abadi praised the stance heroic martyr the young man who raised the Iraqi flag in Sharqat, one of her family, and this heroic spirit is going to be a great motivation for the Liberation of the land.
he pointed out that " the freedom of expression and demonstration is constitutionally guaranteed, and the protection of the citizen and demonstrator is our duty, and theorigin of Khodhana of the war is to protect the citizen, and our responsibility toprovide this protection. "
The Prime Minister praised the wonderful relationship between the security forces and citizens, adding that" the citizen has the right to pretend to demand reform, and services, and the fight against corrupt, and others, and we must protect it , it is necessary to abide by the law, the place of demonstration, and to prevent armed manifestations. " Ended h
Seizetheday: Frank.....look at this news about oil
Expect oil to come up to around $50-55: Olsen
Frank26: Please .......... Pretty PLEASE ........... Can i say it? TA DA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3/17/2016 02:45:23 pm
It will be an Easter to remember.
3/17/2016 02:49:55 pm
Fear is a powerful word. Take comfort in the fact that Dr. Clarke talked about the need for oil to rise and that it WILL rise above $40 a barrel.....he is spot on....check for yourself.
3/17/2016 04:05:02 pm
Happy blessing day family! You know some people called on some conference call asked about Dr. Clarke article their answers was so negative about him don't follow this guy I was laughing about them. Now we can see all the intel gurus are wrong only Dr.Clarke some of his articles already come to passed wow some body knew something
3/17/2016 09:24:16 pm
My sentiments exactly! He was also slammed in the chat rooms by the same Gurus who have been calling it everyday for months! Hooray for Dr. Clarke for sharing his common sense Intel!
3/17/2016 04:08:22 pm
Well F26 - if you ever deserved a "TA DA" it is now & that can be multiplied for multiple "predictions" that have come to pass. Though I am not a member of KTFA I appreciate the notes shared here and thank you for allowing Recaps to post! I want to thank all of your teams and WS and the wonderful people in your forum that have incredible insight and share with us too. I don't want to forget a name so THANK YOU & GOD BLESS YOU ALL @ KTFA I hope will suffice :) Have a wonderful time with the grandkids! Judi
3/17/2016 05:37:10 pm
My question is this idea about Kennedy and the gold backed currency does not make sense. Nixon took us off the gold standard in 72. We were still connected to it in kennedys term. Thoughts?
3/17/2016 07:00:49 pm
Jacob Rothschild
3/17/2016 07:31:07 pm
We were on the gold standard under JFK, But what JFK did was attempt to dissolve the Federal reserve and return the money to the people of the US. He almost succeeded, he even was in the process of printing 'new US dollars' that did not have 'FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE' on them. These bills are collectors items today in the numismatic world of coin collecting. Before JFK could implement his plan he was assassinated and of course the Fed survived and still controls our money, NOT the US Government.
3/17/2016 08:57:06 pm
There are people that believe that's why he was assassinated.
Jacob Rothschild
3/17/2016 07:35:36 pm
Not sure Re caps let me, but here is an excellent history of JFK battle with the FED
3/17/2016 06:55:43 pm
Mosul must be under control
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Rice's late afternoon talks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki marked the highest-level encounter between the governments since the incident. On Friday, Rice announced a full review of State Department security in Iraq.
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The Graying of the Record Store
By ALEX WILLIAMS
Published: July 16, 2006
SO this is an evening rush?
On a recent Monday, six people -- soon enough four, then two -- were browsing the bins of compact discs at Norman's Sound and Vision, a music store on Cooper Square in Manhattan, around 6 p.m., a time that once constituted the daily rush hour. A decade ago, the number of shoppers might have been 20 or 30, said Norman Isaacs, the owner. Six people? He would have had that many working in the store.
''I used to make more in a day than I probably make in a week now,'' said the shaven-headed Mr. Isaacs, 59, whose largely empty aisles brimming with punk, jazz, Latin music, and lots and lots of classic rock have left him, many afternoons, looking like a rock 'n' roll version of the Maytag repairman. Just as troubling to Mr. Isaacs is the age of his clientele.
''It's much grayer,'' he said mournfully.
The neighborhood record store was once a clubhouse for teenagers, a place to escape parents, burn allowances and absorb the latest trends in fashion as well as music. But these days it is fast becoming a temple of nostalgia for shoppers old enough to remember ''Frampton Comes Alive!''
In the era of iTunes and MySpace, the customer base that still thinks of recorded music as a physical commodity (that is, a CD), as opposed to a digital file to be downloaded, is shrinking and aging, further imperiling record stores already under pressure from mass-market discounters like Best Buy and Wal-Mart.
The bite that downloading has taken out of CD sales is well known -- the compact disc market fell about 25 percent between 1999 and 2005, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade organization. What that precipitous drop indicated by the figures doesn't reveal is that this trend is turning many record stores into haunts for the gray-ponytail set. This is especially true of big-city stores that stock a wider range of music than the blockbuster acts.
''We don't see the kids anymore,'' said Thom Spennato, who owns Sound Track, a cozy store on busy Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. ''That 12-to-15-year-old market, that's what's missing the last couple of years.''
Without that generation of buyers, the future looks bleak. ''My landlord asked me if I wanted another 10-year lease, and I said no,'' Mr. Spennato said. ''I have four years left, then I'm out.''
Since late 2003, about 900 independent record stores have closed nationwide, leaving about 2,700, according to the Almighty Institute of Music Retail, a marketing research company in Studio City, Calif. In 2004, Tower Records, one of the nation's largest chains, filed for bankruptcy protection.
Greta Perr, an owner of Future Legends, a new and used CD store on Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, said that young people never really came back to her store after the Napster file-sharing upheaval of the late 90's; she has responded by filling her windows with artists like Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. ''People come in and say: 'I remember when I was 20, Steve Miller's second record came out. Can I get that?' '' she said.
Industry statistics bear out the graying of the CD-buying public. Purchases by shoppers between ages 15 and 19 represented 12 percent of recorded music in 2005, a decline from about 17 percent in 1996, according to the Recording Industry Association. Purchases by those 20 to 24 represented less than 13 percent in 2005, down from about 15 percent. Over the same period, the share of recorded music bought by adults over 45 rose to 25.5 percent, from 15 percent.
(The figures include CD's and downloaded songs, with CD's still an overwhelming share of the market in recorded music, 87 percent, in 2005.)
The dominance of older buyers is especially evident at smaller independent stores in metropolitan areas, where younger consumers tend to be more tech-oriented and older music fans tend to be more esoteric in their tastes, said Russ Crupnick, an analyst with the NPD Group, a market research firm.
At Norman's, which is 15 years old and just around the corner from New York's epicenter of punk, St. Marks Place, shoppers with nose rings and dewy cheeks are not unknown. But they may only be looking to use the automatic teller machine. A pair of teenagers -- he with ink-black dyed hair, and she in ragged camouflage shorts -- wandered in one evening recently and promptly froze in the doorway, stopped in their tracks by an Isaac Hayes cut from the 70's.
They had the confused looks of would-be congregants who had stumbled into a church of the wrong denomination; they quickly shuffled off. Most of Norman's other customers were old enough to remember eight-track tapes. Steven Russo, 53, for instance, was looking for jazz CD's. Mr. Russo, a high school teacher in Valley Stream, N.Y., said that he values the store for its sense of camaraderie among cognoscenti as much as its selection. ''It's the ability of people to talk to people about the music, to talk to personnel who are knowledgeable,'' he said.
Richard Antone, a freelance writer from Newark whose hair was flecked with silver curls, said his weekly trip to the store is a visual experience as well as an auditory one. ''I remember how people admired the artwork on an album like 'Electric Ladyland' or 'Sgt. Pepper' as much as the music,'' he said.


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OAKLAND, Calif. -- It is often said, mostly by broadcasters who have more time to fill than salient details, that the most important moment in a baseball game can come at any time.
What they don't tell you, mostly because they are contractually obligated to yammer on about Fan Appreciation Fortnight or some other arglebargle, is that the earlier in the game that moment comes, the more danger one of the teams is in.
Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the 2004 Oakland A's. Don't blink, or you may well miss them.
And conversely, we give you the 2004 Anaheim Angels, doing their best work when everyone is looking.
Friday's 10-0 Angels win was largely dramatic gristle, unworthy of chewing. Anaheim is one win away from advancing to the postseason and a date with either the Red Sox in Disneyland or the Twins in Minneapolis because Bartolo Colon brought his A game to the A's, and because the Angels all but formed a conga line to the plate in their haste to face whatever Athletics pitcher was working.
Most notably, and most troubling for the A's: Mark Mulder.
This was billed as the real showdown, two 17-game winners whose seasons weren't quite turning out the way they had hoped but who still had more to bring than anyone else on either side.
Only Colon brought his, and Mulder brought someone else's.
In fact, Mulder has been someone else for more than a month now, the presumptive Cy Young winner until about 40 pitchers passed him in September. He is slower, wilder and more vulnerable than he has ever been as a major leaguer, but he had been given this start based on his reputation and record. He would either bring it, or be brought down.
It was Option B, and in record time.
He lasted only two innings and 12 batters before being removed, his shortest outing in four years. Worse, though, Oakland manager Ken Macha had so little confidence in his ability to work his way out of trouble that he got rookie right-hander Joe Blanton up to throw after Mulder's 22nd pitch, a line-drive RBI single by Jose Molina.
Nothing more needed to be said, even though the rules required a full recitation of the differences between the two teams. The Angels not only drove Mulder from the game, but also mistreated three other Oakland pitchers to essentially suck the air out of a series that bristled with promise and tension only minutes before the national anthem.
Oh, Anaheim got all it's yah-yahs out, to be sure. Alfredo Amezaga hit his second grand slam of the year (he has 12 other hits in 86 other at-bats this year, so he picks his spots remarkably well), and Andres Galarraga hit his 399th career home run in the ninth inning.
Most importantly, the Angels now need only split the weekend to advance. They need either Kelvim Escobar or Jarrod Washburn, both working on short rest, to outduel, or outpunch, or just outlast Barry Zito and Tim Hudson to get back to the postseason they left so joyously in 2002.
Logic tells you they have a better chance Saturday, because Zito's year has been more problematic than Hudson's, because fate is not to be trifled with, and because everyone can use a day of rest.
But as the Cubs, Astros, Giants and yes, the A's will all tell you, logic has nothing to do with it. Figuring out the schedule and the pitching matchups and all the other boiler-plate prognostication tools are even less useful than usual, which means you're a step away from tourist-trap voodoo parlors.
Besides, this is the week in which Major League Baseball closed Quebec, got some loon to buy the Milwaukee Brewers, got Milton Bradley to hit 500 degrees Kelvin, saw Kyle Denney shot, and then see his injuries minimized because he was wearing cheerleader boots. The God in charge of baseball is doubled over in laughter at His/Her preposterous creativity, so you question possibilities at your own risk.
In other words, the deal ain't done until it's done.
But it's way better to be the Angels on Friday night. They chased Mark Mulder in two innings. They won the biggest game of their season by a touchdown and field goal. They are golden.
Until 4:10 ET. After that, all bets are off, if you know what's good for you.
Ray Ratto is a columnist with the San Francisco Chronicle and a regular contributor to ESPN.com