The Coming Evil is a trilogy of Christian horror novels, written by American author Greg Mitchell. The first book, The Strange Man was published by Xulon Press in June 2007.
Editions
American
*ISBN 9781602665903; June 2007, Xulon Press, 260-page paperback
*ISBN 9781602665910; June 2007, Xulon Press, 260-page hardcover
Publisher's summary
Dras Weldon is an unemployed college dropout who spends his nights partying and his days recuperating. No one is more embarrassed by Dras' chosen lifestyle than his older brother Jeff, a pastor in their little town of Greensboro. Dras claims that he, too, is a Christian, but his life suggests otherwise. Dras is forced to change, however, when an evil force comes to town and threatens to claim the one thing he loves more than anything - his best friend, Rosalyn Myers. A demon known only as "The Strange Man" has sinister plans for Greensboro and wants Rosalyn for his own. As the demon and his wicked minions descend upon Greensboro, Dras struggles to lay claim to the faith he has pretended to follow. But, after the life he's led, will he be able to convince Rosalyn of the truth before she is devoured by the coming evil?
Editions
American
*ISBN 9781602665903; June 2007, Xulon Press, 260-page paperback
*ISBN 9781602665910; June 2007, Xulon Press, 260-page hardcover
Publisher's summary
Dras Weldon is an unemployed college dropout who spends his nights partying and his days recuperating. No one is more embarrassed by Dras' chosen lifestyle than his older brother Jeff, a pastor in their little town of Greensboro. Dras claims that he, too, is a Christian, but his life suggests otherwise. Dras is forced to change, however, when an evil force comes to town and threatens to claim the one thing he loves more than anything - his best friend, Rosalyn Myers. A demon known only as "The Strange Man" has sinister plans for Greensboro and wants Rosalyn for his own. As the demon and his wicked minions descend upon Greensboro, Dras struggles to lay claim to the faith he has pretended to follow. But, after the life he's led, will he be able to convince Rosalyn of the truth before she is devoured by the coming evil?
A Drive-in coffee shop, sometimes called McJoint (referring to the McDonald's drive-in restaurants) is a Drive-in Cannabis coffee shop. It is a concept that has been proposed in the Netherlands, made possible due to a liberal drug policy. None are actually opened yet though.
History
The idea for a drive-in coffee shop was first proposed in Enschede in 2002. It was a plan by the Neighbourhood Corporation Enschede in order to cut down the issues the city was having with German drug tourists. The idea was to bring down the number of coffee shops in the Lipperkerkstraat, and open a drive-in coffeeshop near the German border. The municipality rejected the proposal however, because they didn't think it would clear the issue.
In December 2005, it was the municipality of Spijkenisse who proposed the idea of moving the coffeeshop Green Spirit from the town's center, to a location just outside town, where it would become a drive-in coffeeshop. Out of the 5 proposed locations, ironically enough, one next to the McDonald's drive-in restaurant was considered the best location. The issue has currently not been resolved yet, and the coffeeshop is still located at its original location.
History
The idea for a drive-in coffee shop was first proposed in Enschede in 2002. It was a plan by the Neighbourhood Corporation Enschede in order to cut down the issues the city was having with German drug tourists. The idea was to bring down the number of coffee shops in the Lipperkerkstraat, and open a drive-in coffeeshop near the German border. The municipality rejected the proposal however, because they didn't think it would clear the issue.
In December 2005, it was the municipality of Spijkenisse who proposed the idea of moving the coffeeshop Green Spirit from the town's center, to a location just outside town, where it would become a drive-in coffeeshop. Out of the 5 proposed locations, ironically enough, one next to the McDonald's drive-in restaurant was considered the best location. The issue has currently not been resolved yet, and the coffeeshop is still located at its original location.
Return of the Ghostbusters is a fan film of the Ghostbusters franchise, and is directed by Hank Braxtan, released on October 31, 2007. The film serves as a sequel to Braxtan's 2004 fan film Freddy vs. Ghostbusters
, and continues the story of the Ghostbusters franchise based out of Denver, Colorado. The fim is noteworthy for a feature-length running time (85 minutes), being a sequel to a fan film, the acquisition of funding and production by numerous Ghosbusters fans from around the world, as well as the tremendously increased production values from the previous film.Return of the Ghostbusters features CGI visual effects that technologically surpass the quality of effects used in the source films, Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II thanks to the talents of Ryan P. Wilson & Justin Rader. The film also features an Original Score by Composer Jon Vandergriff.
Plot
The mile high city is rocked when an ancient Egyptian menace comes to town, and the Denver Ghostbusters must return to save the universe once more. In this sequel to the internet cult hit Freddy VS Ghostbusters, the boys in gray find themselves up to their eyeballs in spooks, as a greater threat looms on the horizon...
Cast
*J. Michael Weiss as Neil Anderson
*Tim Johnson as Ed Spengler
*Joel Hanson as Pavel Karnov
*Ron Vischer as Klaus Konstantin
*Arielle Brachfeld as April Hunter
*Donte Essien as Levar Gordon
*Lisa Wegener as Annie
*Heath C. Heine as Gallagher Jablan
Releases
A premiere event was held on October 25, 2007 at the Mayan Theater in Denver, CO. The premiere was attended by the cast and crew of the film, as well as over 400 fans, family members, and members of the Braxtanfilm Message Boards.
The film was released for free distribution on the internet on October 31, 2007. The first day of the film's availability was exclusively as a streaming video on iFilm, and has since been released in versions which are downloadable for Zune and iPod devices. A downloadable high resolution Torrent has also been released. All versions are available on the official Return of the Ghostbusters website.
Cultural References
While Return of the Ghostbusters is rife with references and homages to the original Ghostbusters films, there are many other pop culture references throughout the film:
*News reporter April Hunter could have gotten her first name from the news reporter character April O'Neil, of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame.
*Ed is a fan of American Idol, and his cell phone ringtone is the Legend of Zelda theme.
*Neil mentions plans to spend all day watching Quantum Leap reruns.
*Ed's television persona is "Ed Spengler, the Science Nerd," a nod to scientist Bill Nye's persona (and television show) Bill Nye the Science Guy. During taping for the show, Ed paraphrases Gary Coleman's famous line from Diff'rent Strokes, asking "wha'choo talkin' 'bout, Pavel?"
*The bar fight sequence features the famous Wilhelm scream sound effect, used in many films and video games.
*Ed's producer refers to Levar, Ed's hosting replacement, as "a black Doogie Howser." Levar had also claimed to write a New York Times bestseller, to which Ed retorts "Dr. Phil is on that list for a diet book! A diet book!"
*Scenes filmed outside of the Mayan Theater feature posters for Lucky Number Slevin in the background.
*Neil refers to Ed as MacGyver on his way to take April out for dinner.
*Agents J and K are a reference to Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' characters in the Men in Black films. The detectives also end up getting into a discussion about Batman & Robin.
*Ed compares the potential growth of the ghost infestation to the franchising of Starbucks.
*There is a cameo appearance by the Angry Video Game Nerd, watching the final battle via news broadcast.
Prequel Comic
A web comic entitled Ghostbusters: The Denver Chronicles was released on the Return of the Ghostbusters website one day prior to the film's release. Co-written by Hank Braxtan & "The Sandman," the comic bridges the gap between the years between Freddy vs. Ghostbusters and Return of the Ghostbusters. The comic explains several changes that occur between the two films, primarily the loss of Ghostbuster Eugene O'Fitzpatrick (portrayed by Jason Cook in Freddy vs. Ghostbusters).
The comic finds Neil Anderson alone in Denver busting ghosts, and dealing with a few vandals who damaged the original Ecto truck from Freddy vs. Ghostbusters. Ed Spengler & Eugene O'Fitzpatrick are in London at the British Museum to answer a call that the "New York Chapter" (the original four Ghostbusters from the feature films) was too busy to handle. There, Eugene discovers a map inside an artifact to the lost city of Cynopolis. Janosz Poha, a character from Ghostbusters II (who has since moved to England to "get away from you guys"), takes this map to the sole financier of the Ancient Egypt exhibit Klaus Konstantin (and his assistant, Pavel Karnov). Twenty-eight days ater, Ed and Eugene are invited to the archaeological site they helped Konstantin discover. They drive through the desert in an undecorated white automobile, presumably the future Ectomobile featured in Return of the Ghostbusters. Unfortunately they arrive to discover a cave-in where several crew members are injured, and Konstantin is crippled, explaining his paralysis in the film. The two Ghostbusters run to the rescue, only to have Ed incapacitated by a group of ressurected mummies, leaving Eugene to fight against them by himself. During the confrontation of Eugene and the last mummy, there's another cave-in and Eugene is killed. Ed survives.
The comic's final panel features brief appearances by the four original Ghostbusters (Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore), and their secretary Janine Melnitz, attending Eugene's funeral along with the surviving Denver Ghostbusters. Also in attendance are Mario and Luigi from the Super Mario Bros. video games, bearing the likenesses of "Captain" Lou Albano and Danny Wells from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
, and continues the story of the Ghostbusters franchise based out of Denver, Colorado. The fim is noteworthy for a feature-length running time (85 minutes), being a sequel to a fan film, the acquisition of funding and production by numerous Ghosbusters fans from around the world, as well as the tremendously increased production values from the previous film.Return of the Ghostbusters features CGI visual effects that technologically surpass the quality of effects used in the source films, Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II thanks to the talents of Ryan P. Wilson & Justin Rader. The film also features an Original Score by Composer Jon Vandergriff.
Plot
The mile high city is rocked when an ancient Egyptian menace comes to town, and the Denver Ghostbusters must return to save the universe once more. In this sequel to the internet cult hit Freddy VS Ghostbusters, the boys in gray find themselves up to their eyeballs in spooks, as a greater threat looms on the horizon...
Cast
*J. Michael Weiss as Neil Anderson
*Tim Johnson as Ed Spengler
*Joel Hanson as Pavel Karnov
*Ron Vischer as Klaus Konstantin
*Arielle Brachfeld as April Hunter
*Donte Essien as Levar Gordon
*Lisa Wegener as Annie
*Heath C. Heine as Gallagher Jablan
Releases
A premiere event was held on October 25, 2007 at the Mayan Theater in Denver, CO. The premiere was attended by the cast and crew of the film, as well as over 400 fans, family members, and members of the Braxtanfilm Message Boards.
The film was released for free distribution on the internet on October 31, 2007. The first day of the film's availability was exclusively as a streaming video on iFilm, and has since been released in versions which are downloadable for Zune and iPod devices. A downloadable high resolution Torrent has also been released. All versions are available on the official Return of the Ghostbusters website.
Cultural References
While Return of the Ghostbusters is rife with references and homages to the original Ghostbusters films, there are many other pop culture references throughout the film:
*News reporter April Hunter could have gotten her first name from the news reporter character April O'Neil, of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame.
*Ed is a fan of American Idol, and his cell phone ringtone is the Legend of Zelda theme.
*Neil mentions plans to spend all day watching Quantum Leap reruns.
*Ed's television persona is "Ed Spengler, the Science Nerd," a nod to scientist Bill Nye's persona (and television show) Bill Nye the Science Guy. During taping for the show, Ed paraphrases Gary Coleman's famous line from Diff'rent Strokes, asking "wha'choo talkin' 'bout, Pavel?"
*The bar fight sequence features the famous Wilhelm scream sound effect, used in many films and video games.
*Ed's producer refers to Levar, Ed's hosting replacement, as "a black Doogie Howser." Levar had also claimed to write a New York Times bestseller, to which Ed retorts "Dr. Phil is on that list for a diet book! A diet book!"
*Scenes filmed outside of the Mayan Theater feature posters for Lucky Number Slevin in the background.
*Neil refers to Ed as MacGyver on his way to take April out for dinner.
*Agents J and K are a reference to Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' characters in the Men in Black films. The detectives also end up getting into a discussion about Batman & Robin.
*Ed compares the potential growth of the ghost infestation to the franchising of Starbucks.
*There is a cameo appearance by the Angry Video Game Nerd, watching the final battle via news broadcast.
Prequel Comic
A web comic entitled Ghostbusters: The Denver Chronicles was released on the Return of the Ghostbusters website one day prior to the film's release. Co-written by Hank Braxtan & "The Sandman," the comic bridges the gap between the years between Freddy vs. Ghostbusters and Return of the Ghostbusters. The comic explains several changes that occur between the two films, primarily the loss of Ghostbuster Eugene O'Fitzpatrick (portrayed by Jason Cook in Freddy vs. Ghostbusters).
The comic finds Neil Anderson alone in Denver busting ghosts, and dealing with a few vandals who damaged the original Ecto truck from Freddy vs. Ghostbusters. Ed Spengler & Eugene O'Fitzpatrick are in London at the British Museum to answer a call that the "New York Chapter" (the original four Ghostbusters from the feature films) was too busy to handle. There, Eugene discovers a map inside an artifact to the lost city of Cynopolis. Janosz Poha, a character from Ghostbusters II (who has since moved to England to "get away from you guys"), takes this map to the sole financier of the Ancient Egypt exhibit Klaus Konstantin (and his assistant, Pavel Karnov). Twenty-eight days ater, Ed and Eugene are invited to the archaeological site they helped Konstantin discover. They drive through the desert in an undecorated white automobile, presumably the future Ectomobile featured in Return of the Ghostbusters. Unfortunately they arrive to discover a cave-in where several crew members are injured, and Konstantin is crippled, explaining his paralysis in the film. The two Ghostbusters run to the rescue, only to have Ed incapacitated by a group of ressurected mummies, leaving Eugene to fight against them by himself. During the confrontation of Eugene and the last mummy, there's another cave-in and Eugene is killed. Ed survives.
The comic's final panel features brief appearances by the four original Ghostbusters (Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore), and their secretary Janine Melnitz, attending Eugene's funeral along with the surviving Denver Ghostbusters. Also in attendance are Mario and Luigi from the Super Mario Bros. video games, bearing the likenesses of "Captain" Lou Albano and Danny Wells from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
Fritz Redl and William Wattenberg: Discipline through Influencing Group Behavior
Fritz Redl and William Wattenberg were specialists in human behavior and educational psychology. They presented the first thoery-based approach to humane classroom discipline.
B.F. Skinner: Discipline through Shaping Desired Behavior
Burrhus Frederic Skinner was a behavioral psychologist who discovered how our behavior is influenced by what happens to us immediately after we perform a given act. Skinner was not actually concerned with classroom discipline, his discoveries regarding the shaping of behavior led him directly to behavior modification.
Jacob Kounin: Improving Discipline through Lesson Management
Jacob Kounin was an educational psychologist at Wayne State University and he focused on how classroom management and lesson management affect student behavior in school.
Haim Ginott: Discipline through Congruent Communication
Haim Ginott wrote a book in the same year as Kounin published his work. The book was titled Teacher and Child and in it, Ginott expresses the critical rold of communication in discipline.
Rudolf Dreikurs: discipline through Democratic Teaching
Rudolf Dreikurs was a psychiatrist that emphasized seeking out and dealing with underlying causes of misbehavior. He formulated strategies for helping students acquire self-discipline based on understanding of social value.
Lee and Marlene Canter: Discipline through Assertive Tactics
Lee Canter founded Canter & Associates. He and his wife Marlene wrote a book titled Assertive Discipline: A Take-Charge Approach for Today's Educator in 1976. Later, Canter & Associates merged with Sylvan Learning Systems.
Here are some great links to find out more information of the Twentieth-Century pioneers in classroom discipline:
http://portfolios.valdosta.edu/arwildes/artifact5_2.htm Classroom Management
http://en. .org/wiki/B._F._Skinner B.F. Skinner
http://www.nationalyouth.com/behaviormodification.html Behavior Modification
http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/SKEP_Kounin's_and_other_proactive_management_strategies Jacob Kounin
http://eport2.cgc.maricopa.edu/published/t/wa/twahla11/collection/9/ Rudolf Dreikurs Theories
http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/AssertiveDiscipline.html Assertive Discipline
http://www.adprima.com/assertive.htm Assertive Discipline Information
Fritz Redl and William Wattenberg were specialists in human behavior and educational psychology. They presented the first thoery-based approach to humane classroom discipline.
B.F. Skinner: Discipline through Shaping Desired Behavior
Burrhus Frederic Skinner was a behavioral psychologist who discovered how our behavior is influenced by what happens to us immediately after we perform a given act. Skinner was not actually concerned with classroom discipline, his discoveries regarding the shaping of behavior led him directly to behavior modification.
Jacob Kounin: Improving Discipline through Lesson Management
Jacob Kounin was an educational psychologist at Wayne State University and he focused on how classroom management and lesson management affect student behavior in school.
Haim Ginott: Discipline through Congruent Communication
Haim Ginott wrote a book in the same year as Kounin published his work. The book was titled Teacher and Child and in it, Ginott expresses the critical rold of communication in discipline.
Rudolf Dreikurs: discipline through Democratic Teaching
Rudolf Dreikurs was a psychiatrist that emphasized seeking out and dealing with underlying causes of misbehavior. He formulated strategies for helping students acquire self-discipline based on understanding of social value.
Lee and Marlene Canter: Discipline through Assertive Tactics
Lee Canter founded Canter & Associates. He and his wife Marlene wrote a book titled Assertive Discipline: A Take-Charge Approach for Today's Educator in 1976. Later, Canter & Associates merged with Sylvan Learning Systems.
Here are some great links to find out more information of the Twentieth-Century pioneers in classroom discipline:
http://portfolios.valdosta.edu/arwildes/artifact5_2.htm Classroom Management
http://en. .org/wiki/B._F._Skinner B.F. Skinner
http://www.nationalyouth.com/behaviormodification.html Behavior Modification
http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/SKEP_Kounin's_and_other_proactive_management_strategies Jacob Kounin
http://eport2.cgc.maricopa.edu/published/t/wa/twahla11/collection/9/ Rudolf Dreikurs Theories
http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/AssertiveDiscipline.html Assertive Discipline
http://www.adprima.com/assertive.htm Assertive Discipline Information