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Friday, July 11, 2008
'You Are Not Forgotten' Vigil With Detainee Families and Friends at NW Detention Center
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SEATTLE, July 11, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expected to release new national numbers on deportation today
A Vigil takes place this Saturday, July 12th from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) at 1623 East J Street, on the tide flats of Tacoma. Family members and friends of detainees currently in detention are expected to attend the Vigil.
"We're standing in solidarity with detainees and their families and friends," says Shana Roth-Gormley, community advocate for OneAmerica (formerly Hate Free Zone). "We want them to know they're not forgotten."
Community to Community Development, a grassroots support organization for immigrants based in Bellingham, joins OneAmerica in providing family members and friends entering and leaving the facility during visiting hours information on the process of detention, how to find attorneys and "Know Your Rights" information.
The findings of Voices from Detention: A Report on Human Rights Violations at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) will be released Tuesday, July 15th at 10:00 a.m. at the Seattle University School of Law in the first floor lobby on the southeast corner of Sullivan Hall, located at 12th and Columbia.
This is the first in-depth study of conditions at the NWDC in Tacoma and is a collaboration of the Seattle University School of Law International Human Rights Clinic and OneAmerica (formerly Hate Free Zone). Findings of the report include overcrowding in a facility designed for short term stays while detainees are held up to 4 years; violations of international law and due process; guard and federal marshal misconduct; inadequate access to medical care, emergency care and mental health care; lack of sufficient food and poor quality of food.
OneAmerica, with Justice for All, advances immigrant, civil and human rights by building power within immigrant communities in collaboration with key allies.
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Anything that¿s sold in the futures market can be in a case of contango. Futures are exactly that: a contract to buy an item or asset at a price in the future. This is the case with oil, with traders buying and selling contracts to acquire a barrel of oil in months down the line. When a market is in contango, spot prices, or the price of a commodity if you were to buy it right now, are lower than forward prices.
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Incidentally, if you think contango is a mouthful, its opposite condition is known by the equally tongue-tying term backwardation.
