David Walks-As-Bear, AA, AAS - Born: March, 9 1957 in Muskegon, Michigan - is a Native American Indian of the Shawnee Nation. He is an author, newspaper columnist, public speaker, detective and game warden.
He is listed in Native American Authors, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, The American Legion, The Military Writers Society of America and other organizations. He is a tribal elder of the Kispoko Warrior Sept. He is a noted speaker on Native American culture and spirituality, the US military and earthly oddities - ranging from the supernatural to UFOs. His books, writings and speaking engagements reveal his life experience as an American Indian, a retired Coast Guardsman, police officer, game warden, investigator, reporter and forest ranger. He was president of the Native American Preservation Council (1989-1994). The following information is derived primarily from his website's biography page at: www.Walks-As-Bear.com.
Biography
David Walks-As-Bear traces his ancestry to the woodland Indians of the Southern United States. He is a member of the "Sons of Confederate Veterans"having two great grandfathers who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. His maternal great grandfather served with the 69th Alabama Infantry[http://www.gocoastguard.com/find-your-fit/reserve-opportunities/reserve-enlisted-opportunities/reserve-enlisted-ratings-descriptions/public-affairs-specialist-(pa)] and his paternal great grandfather fought with the 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles - an all American Indian Confederate cavalry. Walks-As-Bear attended US Army R.O.T.C. at Western Michigan University and in 1983, he entered the US Coast Guard Reserve as a Direct Petty Officer. He retired as a Public Affairs Specialist[http://www.gocoastguard.com/find-your-fit/reserve-opportunities/reserve-enlisted-opportunities/reserve-enlisted-ratings-descriptions/public-affairs-specialist-(pa)] and Photojournalist after 21-years of service. While in the Coast Guard, he served numerous periods of extended active duty, beginning with his assignment as a Port Security Unit combat boat crewman with the United States Rapid Deployment Forces in 1983.
He has received degrees ranging from Criminal Justice to Outdoor Recreational Management. He completed an intensive vocational carpentry school program and graduated from numerous military courses and the Michigan law enforcement certification police academy. Married in 1976, he and his wife have five children. He has worked as a deputy sheriff, a park ranger, a police officer, a newspaper reporter, a forest firefighter, and even as an armored car guard. When he began writing for civilian publications, he combined his Christian and Indian names to help keep the culture alive for his children. Any civilian literary work appears by "David Walks-As-Bear" and any military writing, appears with the byline of "Petty Officer Dave Davis, USCGR". In addition to writing freelance for varied periodicals, he was a part-time reporter for the Muskegon Chronicle - a Michigan metro newspaper - for six years. In 1992, he began writing a newspaper column for the White Lake Beacon newspaper, in Whitehall, Michigan. This affiliation has evolved into a weekly, syndicated column entitled The Bear’s Den. In 1994 he began the last leg of his law enforcement and security career via employment with the Environmental Wildland Patrol in Michigan. He presently works part-time as an investigator and patrol officer while spending more time writing. He also is a licensed private detective and security agent in the state of Michigan.
In 2002, his first Ely Stone novel The Murmurings was published to good reviews. This novel was followed by The L.P. (2004) and the second Ely Stone novel Old Money (2006). These were also well received. An ABC television series entitled Eli Stone (2008 to present) is based on Walks-As-Bear’s Ely Stone novels. As a result of the books, and his newspaper column, Walks-As-Bear began speaking before many groups and events. He was interviewed and appeared on an episode of the History Channel's "Monsterquest - The American Werewolf" in 2008. He routinely attends writer’s conferences in the U.S., and abroad, and appears on television and radio programs. He and his family live in Northwest Michigan and on the Big Island of Hawaii. For more about David Walks-As-Bear, visit his website at: www.Walks-As-Bear.com. .
He is listed in Native American Authors, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, The American Legion, The Military Writers Society of America and other organizations. He is a tribal elder of the Kispoko Warrior Sept. He is a noted speaker on Native American culture and spirituality, the US military and earthly oddities - ranging from the supernatural to UFOs. His books, writings and speaking engagements reveal his life experience as an American Indian, a retired Coast Guardsman, police officer, game warden, investigator, reporter and forest ranger. He was president of the Native American Preservation Council (1989-1994). The following information is derived primarily from his website's biography page at: www.Walks-As-Bear.com.
Biography
David Walks-As-Bear traces his ancestry to the woodland Indians of the Southern United States. He is a member of the "Sons of Confederate Veterans"having two great grandfathers who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. His maternal great grandfather served with the 69th Alabama Infantry[http://www.gocoastguard.com/find-your-fit/reserve-opportunities/reserve-enlisted-opportunities/reserve-enlisted-ratings-descriptions/public-affairs-specialist-(pa)] and his paternal great grandfather fought with the 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles - an all American Indian Confederate cavalry. Walks-As-Bear attended US Army R.O.T.C. at Western Michigan University and in 1983, he entered the US Coast Guard Reserve as a Direct Petty Officer. He retired as a Public Affairs Specialist[http://www.gocoastguard.com/find-your-fit/reserve-opportunities/reserve-enlisted-opportunities/reserve-enlisted-ratings-descriptions/public-affairs-specialist-(pa)] and Photojournalist after 21-years of service. While in the Coast Guard, he served numerous periods of extended active duty, beginning with his assignment as a Port Security Unit combat boat crewman with the United States Rapid Deployment Forces in 1983.
He has received degrees ranging from Criminal Justice to Outdoor Recreational Management. He completed an intensive vocational carpentry school program and graduated from numerous military courses and the Michigan law enforcement certification police academy. Married in 1976, he and his wife have five children. He has worked as a deputy sheriff, a park ranger, a police officer, a newspaper reporter, a forest firefighter, and even as an armored car guard. When he began writing for civilian publications, he combined his Christian and Indian names to help keep the culture alive for his children. Any civilian literary work appears by "David Walks-As-Bear" and any military writing, appears with the byline of "Petty Officer Dave Davis, USCGR". In addition to writing freelance for varied periodicals, he was a part-time reporter for the Muskegon Chronicle - a Michigan metro newspaper - for six years. In 1992, he began writing a newspaper column for the White Lake Beacon newspaper, in Whitehall, Michigan. This affiliation has evolved into a weekly, syndicated column entitled The Bear’s Den. In 1994 he began the last leg of his law enforcement and security career via employment with the Environmental Wildland Patrol in Michigan. He presently works part-time as an investigator and patrol officer while spending more time writing. He also is a licensed private detective and security agent in the state of Michigan.
In 2002, his first Ely Stone novel The Murmurings was published to good reviews. This novel was followed by The L.P. (2004) and the second Ely Stone novel Old Money (2006). These were also well received. An ABC television series entitled Eli Stone (2008 to present) is based on Walks-As-Bear’s Ely Stone novels. As a result of the books, and his newspaper column, Walks-As-Bear began speaking before many groups and events. He was interviewed and appeared on an episode of the History Channel's "Monsterquest - The American Werewolf" in 2008. He routinely attends writer’s conferences in the U.S., and abroad, and appears on television and radio programs. He and his family live in Northwest Michigan and on the Big Island of Hawaii. For more about David Walks-As-Bear, visit his website at: www.Walks-As-Bear.com. .
Ben Milliken is an actor. Milliken was born in Manchester, England, and raised in Bilgola Beach which is located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Before pursuing a career in film and television, Ben was an amateur boxer for 10 years. Milliken spent three years studying at the leading film and television training school in Australia - On Camera Studio - under the direction of Sandra Lee Paterson.
Milliken has appeared in the Australian television show "McLeod Daughters", and numerous short films and theatre. Most recently, Milliken starred in the independent feature film, NEWCASTLE, which made its World premiere at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and will be released this fall in the United States and Australia.
Filmography
Film
*Newcastle (2008)
Television
*McLeod's Daughters (TV Series, 2007)
Other links
*IMDB profile
Milliken has appeared in the Australian television show "McLeod Daughters", and numerous short films and theatre. Most recently, Milliken starred in the independent feature film, NEWCASTLE, which made its World premiere at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and will be released this fall in the United States and Australia.
Filmography
Film
*Newcastle (2008)
Television
*McLeod's Daughters (TV Series, 2007)
Other links
*IMDB profile
CopyTrans Manager is a free standalone iPod/iPhone manager created by WindSolutions LLC. in 2007 for Windows operated computers Microsoft Windows operating systems.
CopyTrans Manager allows to add songs to iPod/iPhone and manage playlists.
Features
Songs
Add songs to iPod and iPhone.
Playlists
Create and rename playlists.
Supported formats
MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV and AIF.
Compatibility
iPhone & iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Video, iPod Photo, 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation iPod, iPod Mini, iPod Shuffle.
Development
WindSolutions LLC. started programming CopyTrans Manager in C++ in 2007.
CopyTrans Manager allows to add songs to iPod/iPhone and manage playlists.
Features
Songs
Add songs to iPod and iPhone.
Playlists
Create and rename playlists.
Supported formats
MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV and AIF.
Compatibility
iPhone & iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Video, iPod Photo, 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation iPod, iPod Mini, iPod Shuffle.
Development
WindSolutions LLC. started programming CopyTrans Manager in C++ in 2007.
Here are some basic tips to making your own hat from scratch:
1) Choose the colour of the hat. -It's alright to keep the colour in your head but my advice is to jot it down on a piece of paper so you don't forget.
2) Jot the colour down on a piece of paper. -Thought you'd ignore 1) did you? Well don't. If you forget the colour you could end up with a hat resembling a rainbow, which could give off the wrong impression to preying men.
3) Choose the fabric. -Please God remember: Don't eat the fabric. It could get stuck in your throat or worse it could strangle your teeth causing gum disease. Once you have chosen the fabric AND colour you're ready to begin our six step program to making a hat from scratch!
4) Make sure you've written the colour and fabric you'll be using down on a piece of paper, otherwise you are not eligible to move up to the six step program.
SIX STEP PROGRAM
STEP 1: Sow the hat with a needle and thread. -It really is that simple. Using the right fabric and colour you have chosen (presumably written on a piece of paper) you sow the hat. Make sure to sow it correctly and not incorrectly, incorrectly is wrong. Correctly is right.
STEP 2: Picking up the hat: So now you should have completed the hat. The best thing to do is to leave it dry for an hour or two, then you're ready for Step 2, 'picking up the hat.' It really is that simple, next you just pick up the hat. My advice is to use your right hand if you are right handed or your left hand if you are left handed. A double grip approach; where one uses two hands, is sometimes easier if you are not familiar with the next step.
STEP 3: Putting the hat on your head: It really is that simple, if you followed Step 2 closely you should have the hat in either one hand or both. That's good. But do you really want to wear a hat on your hand? I didn't think so. Raising the hat vertically towards the sky and lowering it on your head may seem complicated but we'll take it in two easy moves. Move One -Lift the hat above your head. Move Two -Lower the hat onto your head. Your half way there!
STEP 4: Adjusting the hat. -Make sure the hat isn't on backwards or inside out, in the latter you may half to repeat Step 3 though in reverse. Make sure you have the hat on nice and tight, you don't want it coming off.
STEP 5: Storage: Once you have finished wearing your hat it should either be neatly packed and placed in your drawer or else kept in a fridge. It's advised to keep it on the bottom shelf so as that other foods in the fridge won't be contaminated, a bad move that often results in food poisoning. NEVER sleep with that hat on. If the hat were to expand in your sleep it could cover your eyes causing one to wake up thinking they were blind, picking up a blunt hammer and beating themselves violently to death. In America last year 34 people died as a result of 'blind-hat'.
STEP 6: Enjoy. -Try to enjoy wearing that hat. Remember, hat's can come off, if you feel you're getting sick of it why not take it off and leave it for a rainy day? Incidentally, hat's are good for keeping the rain from your head, but they won't stay dry forever! And remember, a fun hat is a clean hat. Do not use your hat as a public bin, people will only abuse it.
1) Choose the colour of the hat. -It's alright to keep the colour in your head but my advice is to jot it down on a piece of paper so you don't forget.
2) Jot the colour down on a piece of paper. -Thought you'd ignore 1) did you? Well don't. If you forget the colour you could end up with a hat resembling a rainbow, which could give off the wrong impression to preying men.
3) Choose the fabric. -Please God remember: Don't eat the fabric. It could get stuck in your throat or worse it could strangle your teeth causing gum disease. Once you have chosen the fabric AND colour you're ready to begin our six step program to making a hat from scratch!
4) Make sure you've written the colour and fabric you'll be using down on a piece of paper, otherwise you are not eligible to move up to the six step program.
SIX STEP PROGRAM
STEP 1: Sow the hat with a needle and thread. -It really is that simple. Using the right fabric and colour you have chosen (presumably written on a piece of paper) you sow the hat. Make sure to sow it correctly and not incorrectly, incorrectly is wrong. Correctly is right.
STEP 2: Picking up the hat: So now you should have completed the hat. The best thing to do is to leave it dry for an hour or two, then you're ready for Step 2, 'picking up the hat.' It really is that simple, next you just pick up the hat. My advice is to use your right hand if you are right handed or your left hand if you are left handed. A double grip approach; where one uses two hands, is sometimes easier if you are not familiar with the next step.
STEP 3: Putting the hat on your head: It really is that simple, if you followed Step 2 closely you should have the hat in either one hand or both. That's good. But do you really want to wear a hat on your hand? I didn't think so. Raising the hat vertically towards the sky and lowering it on your head may seem complicated but we'll take it in two easy moves. Move One -Lift the hat above your head. Move Two -Lower the hat onto your head. Your half way there!
STEP 4: Adjusting the hat. -Make sure the hat isn't on backwards or inside out, in the latter you may half to repeat Step 3 though in reverse. Make sure you have the hat on nice and tight, you don't want it coming off.
STEP 5: Storage: Once you have finished wearing your hat it should either be neatly packed and placed in your drawer or else kept in a fridge. It's advised to keep it on the bottom shelf so as that other foods in the fridge won't be contaminated, a bad move that often results in food poisoning. NEVER sleep with that hat on. If the hat were to expand in your sleep it could cover your eyes causing one to wake up thinking they were blind, picking up a blunt hammer and beating themselves violently to death. In America last year 34 people died as a result of 'blind-hat'.
STEP 6: Enjoy. -Try to enjoy wearing that hat. Remember, hat's can come off, if you feel you're getting sick of it why not take it off and leave it for a rainy day? Incidentally, hat's are good for keeping the rain from your head, but they won't stay dry forever! And remember, a fun hat is a clean hat. Do not use your hat as a public bin, people will only abuse it.