'Shisha Boys' is a documentary film directed and produced by British filmmaker Daniel Jewel. The film was screened on Channel 4 in 2007 on the popular 'Three Minute Wonders' strand. The film portrays the effect of the UK smoking ban on the shisha pipe smoking culture of London's Arabic quarter.
Plot Outline
According to the Internet Movie Database the plot of the film is as follows: "Danyal and his friends meet up every day at the biggest shisha smoking cafe on the Edgware Road - 'Shishawi'. They enjoy the alcohol-free and open atmosphere of the cafe, where everything can be debated and discussed. The cafe looks likely to fall victim to the smoking ban and the friends reflect on what they and London will lose - a place where young British Muslims and people from all cultures and creeds could mix freely, and break down stereotypes. The friends also discuss their views on the 7/7 bombings, which hit Edgware Road in 2005."
Plot Outline
According to the Internet Movie Database the plot of the film is as follows: "Danyal and his friends meet up every day at the biggest shisha smoking cafe on the Edgware Road - 'Shishawi'. They enjoy the alcohol-free and open atmosphere of the cafe, where everything can be debated and discussed. The cafe looks likely to fall victim to the smoking ban and the friends reflect on what they and London will lose - a place where young British Muslims and people from all cultures and creeds could mix freely, and break down stereotypes. The friends also discuss their views on the 7/7 bombings, which hit Edgware Road in 2005."
Brian Allen Scott is a purported UFO abductee who claims to have been kidnapped by gray aliens while living with his family in Arizona. In the 1970s, while on a visit to South America with some followers, Scott reportedly underwent a spiritual "transformation," becoming a personal conduit for an intergalactic being named Voltar who was the reincarnation of Incan deity Ticci Viracocha. He returned to "spread the word of Voltar" to the public in Tustin, Orange County, California.
While videotaping his tirades in Tustin and networking behind the scenes with the Tustin City Council, Scott gains increased publicity within the community of UFO believers. Scott and his cohorts devise a media campaign then travel to Washington D.C. to the Jimmy Carter White House immediately before the Iranian hostage crisis starts to attempt to deliver a "message" from Voltar under the pretext of what Scott, et al. call the "voice of the Common Man" which also contains a prophecy about benevolent aliens ( not the grey aliens ) returning to Earth in 2011.
Scott's stories of abduction and having been the living reincarnation of Viracocha have been thoroughly debunked by several UFO researchers and a scientist over the years on purely evidential grounds, lack of meaningful corroboration and the claimant being unable to reproduce quantifiable, fact based measurements which verify his claims.
Scott currently works as a well paid Health Sciences designer for a defense contractor in Pennsylvania.
While videotaping his tirades in Tustin and networking behind the scenes with the Tustin City Council, Scott gains increased publicity within the community of UFO believers. Scott and his cohorts devise a media campaign then travel to Washington D.C. to the Jimmy Carter White House immediately before the Iranian hostage crisis starts to attempt to deliver a "message" from Voltar under the pretext of what Scott, et al. call the "voice of the Common Man" which also contains a prophecy about benevolent aliens ( not the grey aliens ) returning to Earth in 2011.
Scott's stories of abduction and having been the living reincarnation of Viracocha have been thoroughly debunked by several UFO researchers and a scientist over the years on purely evidential grounds, lack of meaningful corroboration and the claimant being unable to reproduce quantifiable, fact based measurements which verify his claims.
Scott currently works as a well paid Health Sciences designer for a defense contractor in Pennsylvania.
Air Traveller's Security Charge (ATSC)
Canadian Listed Airports
Exhibit III-1. Listed Airports for the ATSC
British Columbia
*Abbotsford
*Campbell River
*Castlegar
*Comox
*Cranbrook
*Dawson Creek
*Fort St. John
*Kamloops
*Kelowna
*Nanaimo
*Penticton
*Prince George
*Prince Rupert
*Quesnel
*Sandspit
*Smithers
*Terrace
*Vancouver International
*Victoria International
*Williams Lake
Alberta
*Calgary International
*Edmonton International
*Fort McMurray
*Grande Prairie
*Lethbridge
*Lloydminster
*Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
*Prince Albert
*Regina
*Saskatoon (Diefenbaker Int'l)
Manitoba
*Brandon
*Thompson
*Winnipeg International
Ontario
*Hamilton
*Kingston
*Kitchener/Waterloo Regional
*London
*North Bay
*Ottawa (Macdonald-Cartier Int'l)
*Sarnia (Chris Hadfield)
*Sault Ste. Marie
*Sudbury
*Thunder Bay
*Timmins
*Toronto/Buttonville Munic.
*Toronto (City Centre)
*Toronto (LBPIA)
*Windsor
Quebec
*Alma
*Bagotville
*Baie-Comeau
*Chibougamau/Chapais
*Gaspé
*Îles-de-la-Madeleine
*Kuujjuaq
*Kuujjuarapik
*La Grande Rivière
*La Grande-3
*La Grande-4
*Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon
*Mont Joli
*Montreal International (Dorval)
*Montreal Intern’l (Mirabel)
*Quebec (Jean Lesage Intern'l)
*Roberval
*Rouyn-Noranda
*Sept-Îles
*Val d'Or
New Brunswick
*Bathurst
*Charlo
*Fredericton
*Moncton
*Saint John
*St. Leonard
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
Nova Scotia
*Halifax International
*Sydney
*Yarmouth
Newfoundland and Labrador
*Churchill Falls
*Deer Lake
*Gander International
*Goose Bay
*St. Anthony
*St. John's International
*Stephenville
*Wabush
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Yukon
Whitehorse International
Nunavut
Iqaluit
Canadian Listed Airports
Exhibit III-1. Listed Airports for the ATSC
British Columbia
*Abbotsford
*Campbell River
*Castlegar
*Comox
*Cranbrook
*Dawson Creek
*Fort St. John
*Kamloops
*Kelowna
*Nanaimo
*Penticton
*Prince George
*Prince Rupert
*Quesnel
*Sandspit
*Smithers
*Terrace
*Vancouver International
*Victoria International
*Williams Lake
Alberta
*Calgary International
*Edmonton International
*Fort McMurray
*Grande Prairie
*Lethbridge
*Lloydminster
*Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
*Prince Albert
*Regina
*Saskatoon (Diefenbaker Int'l)
Manitoba
*Brandon
*Thompson
*Winnipeg International
Ontario
*Hamilton
*Kingston
*Kitchener/Waterloo Regional
*London
*North Bay
*Ottawa (Macdonald-Cartier Int'l)
*Sarnia (Chris Hadfield)
*Sault Ste. Marie
*Sudbury
*Thunder Bay
*Timmins
*Toronto/Buttonville Munic.
*Toronto (City Centre)
*Toronto (LBPIA)
*Windsor
Quebec
*Alma
*Bagotville
*Baie-Comeau
*Chibougamau/Chapais
*Gaspé
*Îles-de-la-Madeleine
*Kuujjuaq
*Kuujjuarapik
*La Grande Rivière
*La Grande-3
*La Grande-4
*Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon
*Mont Joli
*Montreal International (Dorval)
*Montreal Intern’l (Mirabel)
*Quebec (Jean Lesage Intern'l)
*Roberval
*Rouyn-Noranda
*Sept-Îles
*Val d'Or
New Brunswick
*Bathurst
*Charlo
*Fredericton
*Moncton
*Saint John
*St. Leonard
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
Nova Scotia
*Halifax International
*Sydney
*Yarmouth
Newfoundland and Labrador
*Churchill Falls
*Deer Lake
*Gander International
*Goose Bay
*St. Anthony
*St. John's International
*Stephenville
*Wabush
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Yukon
Whitehorse International
Nunavut
Iqaluit
Introduction
The Orethu family are descendants of the first generation Christians in India. They were converted by St. Thomas, the Apostle of Christ in the year 52 AD. The name for the family is derived from the Syriac word Oretha (which means "teacher of Hebrew Prophetic books" in English). The name comes from the primary responsibility of the family in that age: teaching from the Holy Bible. Although the Orethu family was originally based in Kodungallur, over generations they migrated to Trissur and then to Kuravalangad and into southern Kerala.
Over the Ages
The group that moved to Kuravalangad continued further down south to Kuriannoor in Ranny Taluk under the guidance of Mathan Tarakan, a prominent businessman in Central Travancore. The family was awarded the title Tharakan by the Maharaja of Travancore, though none of the family members still use this title as surname. Most have a Patronymic surname based on their fathers given name.
As the family grew bigger, the elders found the need to keep the relations together and were among the first families to organize a Kudumbayogam or gathering of family members. Today, after almost 120 years, the tradition is as lively as ever and the meetings are now held in community hall dedicated to this purpose. A family Church called Neelethu Palli is also visited in such meetings.
The members of the Orethu family are all Christians but over the course of 20 centuries and the eventful history of the Church in Malabar region, different members adopted different sects of the Syrian Christian Community. The family now has members including Syro-Malankara Catholics, the eldest branch or sept; Orthodox Christians, the second eldest branch; Marthomites; Pentecostal; and other faiths.
True to their identity, the Orethu family established many schools throughout Travancore region which were later turned to the government for more efficient running.
The Orethu family are descendants of the first generation Christians in India. They were converted by St. Thomas, the Apostle of Christ in the year 52 AD. The name for the family is derived from the Syriac word Oretha (which means "teacher of Hebrew Prophetic books" in English). The name comes from the primary responsibility of the family in that age: teaching from the Holy Bible. Although the Orethu family was originally based in Kodungallur, over generations they migrated to Trissur and then to Kuravalangad and into southern Kerala.
Over the Ages
The group that moved to Kuravalangad continued further down south to Kuriannoor in Ranny Taluk under the guidance of Mathan Tarakan, a prominent businessman in Central Travancore. The family was awarded the title Tharakan by the Maharaja of Travancore, though none of the family members still use this title as surname. Most have a Patronymic surname based on their fathers given name.
As the family grew bigger, the elders found the need to keep the relations together and were among the first families to organize a Kudumbayogam or gathering of family members. Today, after almost 120 years, the tradition is as lively as ever and the meetings are now held in community hall dedicated to this purpose. A family Church called Neelethu Palli is also visited in such meetings.
The members of the Orethu family are all Christians but over the course of 20 centuries and the eventful history of the Church in Malabar region, different members adopted different sects of the Syrian Christian Community. The family now has members including Syro-Malankara Catholics, the eldest branch or sept; Orthodox Christians, the second eldest branch; Marthomites; Pentecostal; and other faiths.
True to their identity, the Orethu family established many schools throughout Travancore region which were later turned to the government for more efficient running.