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==Peace News Log « How to Fill In Your Census Form Without Lockheed Martin Profiting==
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http://www.peacenewslog.info/2011/03/how-to-fill-in-your-census-form-without-lockheed-martin-profiting-short-version/
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US Arms Manufacturer Lockheed Martin has the contracy for the 2011 UK Census in March this year.
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The US arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin makes Trident nuclear missiles, cluster bombs and fighter jets and is involved in data processing for the CIA and FBI. It has provided private contract interrogators for the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. Lockheed Martin has the UK Government contract to process the data for the 2011 census in March. (Observer, 20 February 2011)
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
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Lockheed Martin is in it for the money. A principled stance by you to boycott the census will not hurt them, could provide the British Government with a £1000 fine of your money and will make life harder for local authorities. Don’t let them make a profit from your census return but do help to provide the data your council needs for its Government grants. If you don’t send in your form, Lockheed Martin will still get its money and just make a higher profit for less work.
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This year, for the first time, you can make your census return on line. Do not do this, for an on-line return is the cheapest and easiest option for Lockheed Martin to process.
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PRIORITIES, to make processing your census form VERY EXPENSIVE for Lockheed Martin:
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1. Obliterate completely ALL bar codes, serial numbers and other codes on your form. Don’t miss any!
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2. Obstruct fast and cheap computer scanning of your form so that its information must be keyed in by hand, which is a vastly more expensive process. Do this by e.g. writing text upside down (i.e. turn the form upside down when you write); making corrections to written text and ticked boxes by crossing it all out, writing the information elsewhere on the page and then use arrows to point to the places where the information was meant to be. The computer cannot read upside down text and corrected entries of this type.
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For more details see here.
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==UEA  first ever CHARITY WEEK week -Monday 14th -Sunday 20th March==
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During the week charities from campus will be hosting a number of different events. Amnesty International will be holding a stand in the LCR on the Monday 11-3 and our event for the week is an '''AmnesTEA Party on the Saturday,''' which will be open to all students as well as the public. For this to happen we are going to need lots of help!!!!  Contact amnestyuea@yahoo.co.uk
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==UNA LunchBox meeting on Friday 18th==
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Dr Keith Tovey will give a talk at  18th March at 1pm in the Friends Meeting House. His subject will be : The Twin Challenges facing the world:  Energy Security and Climate Change - a hard choice ahead.
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The talk starts at 1pm and lasts about 45 minutes, followed by questions and discussion. The meeting closes at 2pm.  Admission is Free. You are welcome to bring a packed lunch any time from 12.15 onwards. A £2 donation is invited for a hot drink and biscuits.
   
   
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If you want to do something different for lunch, these UNA-sponsored talks are well worth hearing and will update you on a range of subjects from experts in the field of politics and international development.
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==Art on the Railings==
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The city’s open air art market is back this weekend, featuring a host of local talent.
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Organised by the Norwich City Council events team, the Art on the Railings series invites local artists to display and sell their works, using the dramatic backdrop of St Peter Mancroft church in the city centre to show off their wares.
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Open for business each day from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 of March, the event helps to promote culture in the city, as well as celebrating Norwich’s history of art.
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It’s open to all, and don’t worry if you can’t make this one as the series continues on the last weekend of each month until November.
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If you would like to exhibit at Art on the Railings, please register with the events team. You can find out more about art on the railings in the events section of our website www.norwich.gov.uk
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==[[Image:OWC.gif|100px]]The ‘ONE WORLD COLUMN’ starts to return to print:==
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Triangle magazine has linked up with six local writers and campaigners who have launched a blog, the ‘One World Column’, to comment on news from a global perspective.  
Triangle magazine has linked up with six local writers and campaigners who have launched a blog, the ‘One World Column’, to comment on news from a global perspective.  
The blog was launched recently at the East of England Production Innovation Centre in Norwich. Forty guests attended from independent media, social enterprises, environment organisations, trades unions, charities and political campaigns.   
The blog was launched recently at the East of England Production Innovation Centre in Norwich. Forty guests attended from independent media, social enterprises, environment organisations, trades unions, charities and political campaigns.   
The One World Column blog can always be found at: www.oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com   
The One World Column blog can always be found at: www.oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com   
Here are the latest One World columns:
Here are the latest One World columns:
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http://oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/02/nuclear-industrys-desperate-last-stand.html
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*http://oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/02/nuclear-industrys-desperate-last-stand.html
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http://oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-world-column-relaunched-as-blog-for_28.html
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*http://oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-world-column-relaunched-as-blog-for_28.html
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http://oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/01/from-alternative-media-to-alternative.html
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*http://oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/01/from-alternative-media-to-alternative.html
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http://oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/01/looking-on-south-africa.html
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*http://oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com/2011/01/looking-on-south-africa.html
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==Half an hour of empty breathing space! every Tuesday from 5.30 to 6pm start-ing on Tuesday 1st March==
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==Half an hour of empty breathing space! Every Tuesday 5.30-6pm, starting on March 1st==
Can you imagine a group of people in Norwich offering the public thirty minutes of nothing at all? The Norwich Quaker Meeting is doing something similar.
Can you imagine a group of people in Norwich offering the public thirty minutes of nothing at all? The Norwich Quaker Meeting is doing something similar.
„Silence is a pretty scarce commodity in modern times, what with mobile phones, continuous music, social networking and non-stop demands from others around us,‟ said Deb Arrowsmith of Norwich Quaker Meeting. „People will appreciate an oasis of stillness at the end of the afternoon, helping them to get more out of the rest of their day. What we‟re offering people is not a religious service but simple peace and quiet...literally being „Still in the City‟.  Friends' Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, NR2 1EW.   
„Silence is a pretty scarce commodity in modern times, what with mobile phones, continuous music, social networking and non-stop demands from others around us,‟ said Deb Arrowsmith of Norwich Quaker Meeting. „People will appreciate an oasis of stillness at the end of the afternoon, helping them to get more out of the rest of their day. What we‟re offering people is not a religious service but simple peace and quiet...literally being „Still in the City‟.  Friends' Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, NR2 1EW.   
More information from: Deb Arrowsmith Warden 07899 754767 / 01508 482659, norwichquakers@btconnect.com
More information from: Deb Arrowsmith Warden 07899 754767 / 01508 482659, norwichquakers@btconnect.com
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==From Rags to Stiches: Working Life in Norwich 28 February – 9 March at Fusion in the Forum free admission!==
==From Rags to Stiches: Working Life in Norwich 28 February – 9 March at Fusion in the Forum free admission!==
King Street Community Voices oral history project volunteers and interviewees have helped to create a new film being shown at the big screen in Fusion in the Forum (on your left as you walk towards the library). The filmshow includes wonderful archive footage of Norwich industries and crafts courtesy of the East Anglian Film Archive. King Street Community Voices recorded a commentary for one of the films, ‘Car Trip Through Norwich’ which takes a tour round the city streets in 1950. Interviewees were recorded describing the route, how buildings and streets have changed, plus their personal recollections of Norwich as it was 60 years ago.
King Street Community Voices oral history project volunteers and interviewees have helped to create a new film being shown at the big screen in Fusion in the Forum (on your left as you walk towards the library). The filmshow includes wonderful archive footage of Norwich industries and crafts courtesy of the East Anglian Film Archive. King Street Community Voices recorded a commentary for one of the films, ‘Car Trip Through Norwich’ which takes a tour round the city streets in 1950. Interviewees were recorded describing the route, how buildings and streets have changed, plus their personal recollections of Norwich as it was 60 years ago.
Please support Dragon Hall and King Street Community Voices by visiting Fusion to see the film, and say hello to members of the team who will be on hand in Fusion reception to talk to visitors and hopefully sign up some new participants for the oral history project. It is free to enter and open to all!
Please support Dragon Hall and King Street Community Voices by visiting Fusion to see the film, and say hello to members of the team who will be on hand in Fusion reception to talk to visitors and hopefully sign up some new participants for the oral history project. It is free to enter and open to all!
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==Women Reaching Women, March 4th, 7.30 pm, The Forum==
==Women Reaching Women, March 4th, 7.30 pm, The Forum==
[[Image:WomanRW.png|left]]Norfolk Federation of Women's Institutes  
[[Image:WomanRW.png|left]]Norfolk Federation of Women's Institutes  
Exhibition Space & Stalls available, to publicise your organisation and the sale of Fairtrade Goods.
Exhibition Space & Stalls available, to publicise your organisation and the sale of Fairtrade Goods.
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Tickets and application forms for Women Reaching Women from the address below.
Tickets and application forms for Women Reaching Women from the address below.
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The Millennium Development Goals: promises that must be kept
The Millennium Development Goals: promises that must be kept
Tel: 01603 624580 Fax: 01603 625330
Tel: 01603 624580 Fax: 01603 625330
Email: FedSec@norfolkwi.org.uk http://www.norfolkwi.org.uk
Email: FedSec@norfolkwi.org.uk http://www.norfolkwi.org.uk
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==1st to 12th March “ANOTHER ISRAEL” AN EXHIBITION AT THE HOSTRY, NORWICH CATHEDRAL==
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==1st-12th March “ANOTHER ISRAEL”, EXHIBITION AT THE HOSTRY, NORWICH CATHEDRAL==
ANOTHER ISRAEL Exhibition celebrates dissenting voices from diverse communities within Israel who oppose the politics of occupation and the abuse of Palestinian human rights.  
ANOTHER ISRAEL Exhibition celebrates dissenting voices from diverse communities within Israel who oppose the politics of occupation and the abuse of Palestinian human rights.  
This exhibition was  displayed at the Forum in 2009 as part of the annual Peace Camp and there is now another chance to see it at The Hostry during March.  
This exhibition was  displayed at the Forum in 2009 as part of the annual Peace Camp and there is now another chance to see it at The Hostry during March.  
It is supported by Jews for Justice for Palestinians, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD-UK) and Independent Jewish Voices.  www.anotherisrael.org.uk  
It is supported by Jews for Justice for Palestinians, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD-UK) and Independent Jewish Voices.  www.anotherisrael.org.uk  
Norfolk Jewish Peace Group is primarily concerned with human rights and international law insofar as these impact upon the situation in Israel-Palestine. The Group meets regularly to share information and support projects that promote a just and lasting peace for Palestinians and Israelis. From time to time the Group organises public events, arranges meetings and exhibitions; it works with Muslim, Christian and other peace and interfaith groups concerned with peace in Israel-Palestine.
Norfolk Jewish Peace Group is primarily concerned with human rights and international law insofar as these impact upon the situation in Israel-Palestine. The Group meets regularly to share information and support projects that promote a just and lasting peace for Palestinians and Israelis. From time to time the Group organises public events, arranges meetings and exhibitions; it works with Muslim, Christian and other peace and interfaith groups concerned with peace in Israel-Palestine.
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Further details from Jean Davis mailto:jean.davis@talk21.com  
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Further details from Jean Davis mailto:jean.davis@talk21.com
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=[[Image:TransitionNorwich.jpg|150px]]Transition Norwich events=
=[[Image:TransitionNorwich.jpg|150px]]Transition Norwich events=
*Saturday, 5 March 11:00 Permaculture Workday  
*Saturday, 5 March 11:00 Permaculture Workday  
For more info on all of these, visit http://transitionnorwich.org/
For more info on all of these, visit http://transitionnorwich.org/
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=All sorts of events=
=All sorts of events=
==NSTWC steering committee meeting, Wed March. 2nd, 7.30 pm, Jurnet's Bar, Wensum Lodge==
==NSTWC steering committee meeting, Wed March. 2nd, 7.30 pm, Jurnet's Bar, Wensum Lodge==
eye witness account followed by a question and answer session.
eye witness account followed by a question and answer session.
Frank Stone, Convenor, Norwich Stop the War Coalition
Frank Stone, Convenor, Norwich Stop the War Coalition
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==Cafe Conversations - Aladdin's Cafe, Magdalen Street==
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Hot topics  will be discussed in a series of cafes run by UEA MED lecturer Dr Stefi Barna. Free of charge and all welcome. The cafe conversations are sponsored by CUE East, Magdalen Street Celebration and Transition Norwich.
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More details and full programme at:  http://www.uea.ac.uk/ssf/cue-east/events
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===TOO BUSY TO BE BORED? Sat. 5 March at 3pm===
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Is feeling bored a good thing or a bad thing? This conversation explores
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what older people mean by “being bored”. Your input will help define
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various kinds of boredom and what value older people place on not being
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bored and on maintaining activities and social relationships.
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===INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S CENTENARY Wed. 9 March 12.30 + Fri. 11 March 12.30===
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International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the
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economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and
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future. The first International Women's Day event was run in 1911; 2011 is
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the Global Centenary Year There will be two separate conversations to
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celebrate this week; topics to be announced.
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===GREENSPEAK: How to talk people into compost and other inconveniences, Saturday 26 March 3pm===
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Sexing up recycling: Can it be done? The conversation revolves around the
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techniques we might use to generate and created messages that might
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encourage the reluctant to recycle and the grudging to act green.
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==Grapes Hill Community Garden Group - Public Meeting,Monday 14th March, Belvedere Centre, Belvoir Street,7.30-8.30, all welcome==
==Grapes Hill Community Garden Group - Public Meeting,Monday 14th March, Belvedere Centre, Belvoir Street,7.30-8.30, all welcome==
We have 4 new dates for volunteers to take part in garden work days.  They are Sunday 13th March 2011, Sunday 27th March 2011, Sunday 3rd April
We have 4 new dates for volunteers to take part in garden work days.  They are Sunday 13th March 2011, Sunday 27th March 2011, Sunday 3rd April
Meet at the garden, 11am.  Tasks will vary, but should include planting perennials and shrubs, sowing a wildflower meadow, sowing vegetable seeds and laying turf.
Meet at the garden, 11am.  Tasks will vary, but should include planting perennials and shrubs, sowing a wildflower meadow, sowing vegetable seeds and laying turf.
Some tools will be provided but please bring your own if you can.  See www.grapeshillcommunitygarden.org for more details
Some tools will be provided but please bring your own if you can.  See www.grapeshillcommunitygarden.org for more details
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==AI monthly open meeting, Wed 16th Mar, 8pm, Charing Cross Centre, St John Maddermarket==
==AI monthly open meeting, Wed 16th Mar, 8pm, Charing Cross Centre, St John Maddermarket==
Group AGM. Election of committee and year planning discussion and 50th anniversary events.
Group AGM. Election of committee and year planning discussion and 50th anniversary events.
All welcome.  Amnesty International Norwich Group http://www.norwichamnesty.org.uk/
All welcome.  Amnesty International Norwich Group http://www.norwichamnesty.org.uk/
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==UNA Lunchbox,Friday 18th, Carbon management and Efficiency==
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==[[Image:Una.jpg|100px]]UNA Lunchbox,Friday 18th, Carbon management and Efficiency==
1pm, Friends' Meeting House. You are welcome to bring Packed lunch from 12.15.
1pm, Friends' Meeting House. You are welcome to bring Packed lunch from 12.15.
Hot drink and biscuits provided, £2 donation please.
Hot drink and biscuits provided, £2 donation please.
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==Silver Rooms open day, Saturday 19th, Silver Rooms, 34 Silver Road, 10am -4pm==
==Silver Rooms open day, Saturday 19th, Silver Rooms, 34 Silver Road, 10am -4pm==
The Silver Rooms is about developing a palette of possibilities upon which the greater community will be permitted to write its story!
The Silver Rooms is about developing a palette of possibilities upon which the greater community will be permitted to write its story!
We are aiming to have many fun activities across the day with some really star raffles prizes for younger people. Refreshments will be plentiful.  We can promise the day will be interesting, rich with possibilites and fun.
We are aiming to have many fun activities across the day with some really star raffles prizes for younger people. Refreshments will be plentiful.  We can promise the day will be interesting, rich with possibilites and fun.
Our main aim for the Open Day aims to attract as many people as possible from the community to visit the Silver Rooms to see for themselves its exciting potential.  The Silver Rooms should, and deserves, to be developed as Community asset for the whole of the our entire community! So please come along and share your thoughts, your ideas of how you can see the Silver Rooms developed to meet its potential as wonderful community resource the like Norwich of which has not seen before. We look forward to seeing y'all.  Friends of the Silver Rooms
Our main aim for the Open Day aims to attract as many people as possible from the community to visit the Silver Rooms to see for themselves its exciting potential.  The Silver Rooms should, and deserves, to be developed as Community asset for the whole of the our entire community! So please come along and share your thoughts, your ideas of how you can see the Silver Rooms developed to meet its potential as wonderful community resource the like Norwich of which has not seen before. We look forward to seeing y'all.  Friends of the Silver Rooms
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==Norfolk Coalition against cuts - London March on March 26th==
==Norfolk Coalition against cuts - London March on March 26th==
Transport from Norwich for TUC march against cuts.  http://norfolkcoalitionagainstcuts.org/, use contact us page for tickets
Transport from Norwich for TUC march against cuts.  http://norfolkcoalitionagainstcuts.org/, use contact us page for tickets
''First they came for the miners and I stood by, then it was the hospital workers workers and I stood by, then it was the teachers and I still stood by, then they  
''First they came for the miners and I stood by, then it was the hospital workers workers and I stood by, then it was the teachers and I still stood by, then they  
came for me and I stood alone''.  Today 'they came for our forests and left empty handed
came for me and I stood alone''.  Today 'they came for our forests and left empty handed
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==Saturday March 26 „An African Answer‟, 5.30 -7.30, Bowthorpe Church Centre==
==Saturday March 26 „An African Answer‟, 5.30 -7.30, Bowthorpe Church Centre==
Dr. Imad Karam, who comes from Gaza, will present a 40-minute documentary in Bowthorpe.
Dr. Imad Karam, who comes from Gaza, will present a 40-minute documentary in Bowthorpe.
Tel.01603 745698 (leave message) Email bowthorpenews@yahoo.co.uk
Tel.01603 745698 (leave message) Email bowthorpenews@yahoo.co.uk
This is a free evening. Donations to help cover expenses can be accepted
This is a free evening. Donations to help cover expenses can be accepted
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==Norwich Peace Camp planning meeting, 31st March, 7 for 7.30pm, Conversation Area of URC Princes St.==
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Meeting rescheduled to this date.
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==How to Fill In Your Census Form Without Lockheed Martin Profiting on March 27==
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From Peace News:
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Lots of people are angry that the UK Census has, once again, been awarded to blood-soaked arms dealer Lockheed Martin. The following anonymous article sent to PN explains how you can fill in your Census form without benefiting Lockheed Martin or creating funding problems for local authorities.
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US Arms Manufacturer Lockheed Martin has the contracy for the 2011 UK Census in March this year.
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The US arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin makes Trident nuclear missiles, cluster bombs and fighter jets and is involved in data processing for the CIA and FBI. It has provided private contract interrogators for the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. Lockheed Martin has the UK Government contract to process the data for the 2011 census in March. (Observer, 20 February 2011)
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
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Lockheed Martin is in it for the money. A principled stance by you to boycott the census will not hurt them, could provide the British Government with a £1000 fine of your money and will make life harder for local authorities. Don’t let them make a profit from your census return but do help to provide the data your council needs for its Government grants. If you don’t send in your form, Lockheed Martin will still get its money and just make a higher profit for less work.
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This year, for the first time, you can make your census return on line. Do not do this, for an on-line return is the cheapest and easiest option for Lockheed Martin to process.
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PRIORITIES, to make processing your census form VERY EXPENSIVE for Lockheed Martin:
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1. Obliterate completely ALL bar codes, serial numbers and other codes on your form. Don’t miss any!
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2. Obstruct fast and cheap computer scanning of your form so that its information must be keyed in by hand, which is a vastly more expensive process. Do this by e.g. writing text upside down (i.e. turn the form upside down when you write); making corrections to written text and ticked boxes by crossing it all out, writing the information elsewhere on the page and then use arrows to point to the places where the information was meant to be. The computer cannot read upside down text and corrected entries of this type.
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See also:
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http://www.peacenewslog.info/2011/03/how-to-fill-in-your-census-form-without-lockheed-martin-profiting-short-version/
==Advance Notice==
==Advance Notice==
Nuclear power - To build or not to build?
Nuclear power - To build or not to build?
Tuesday April 26th, 7pm.  Public Meeting, debate, Friends’ Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich NR2 1EW
Tuesday April 26th, 7pm.  Public Meeting, debate, Friends’ Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich NR2 1EW
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Chair – Ian Gibson, Speakers Sean Morris, Nuclear Free Local Authorities, Greenpeace co-founder Peter Wilkinson + speakers from EDF Sizewell  
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Sizewell Camp, Friday22nd -Sunday 24th April, Sizewell beach, see http://stopnuclearpower.blogspot.com/
Sizewell Camp, Friday22nd -Sunday 24th April, Sizewell beach, see http://stopnuclearpower.blogspot.com/
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