33,263 research outputs found
Morin, Michael Anthony interview
No full textOral history interview of Michael Anthony Morin. Interview conducted by Ruby Morin at Michael Morin\u27s home
An Evening In with Ruby Lyon
No full textAn Evening In with Ruby Lyon - currently starring in the UK Tour of Les Miserables, with special guests Julia Booth and Alex Pelham-Waera. Accompanied by David Sidwell and his band; Jeremy Trenwith and Michael Schroder.
The Meteor, Hamilton
Monday 16th Decembe
Michael Rodriguez interviews fiction writer Michael Kimball
No full textAuthor Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Paul Clemens
No full textAuthor Paul Clemens talks about his book "Made in Detroit," the genre of memoir, and writing about race. Clemens is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
No full textAuthor Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Gary Gildner
No full textAuthor Gary Gildner explains why he left his tenured teaching position to move to Idaho to became a full-time writer of poetry. Gildner talks about donating his personal papers to Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections, his writing style and how he approaches writing. Gildner is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series. Held at the MSU Main Library
Gold standard of UK degrees is lost in translation
No full textInflated marks, overworked staff and politically compromised courses are the price of exploiting offshore UK registered students, says Michael Day
Michael Rodriguez interviews historian and author Keith Widder
No full textHistorian and author Keith Widder talks about his move to Michigan from Wisconsin, his career as Curator of History for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, his research interests, his book "Michigan Agricultural College", and his current projects. Widder is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Ruby Ridge
No full textThis is an encyclopedia entry. Therefore, it is very short (less than carefully edited 600 words) but it also has suggested readings for expert exploration.RUBY RIDGE
Ruby Ridge is a small rock formation in far northern Idaho near Naples, where US Marshalls tried to arrest a survivalist Randy Weaver on August 21, 1992. Mr. Weaver had failed to appear in court to face a charge of selling two shotguns whose barrels were ½ inch shorter than allowed by law to an undercover informant for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Weaver claimed never to have received the notice to appear at his mountain cabin where he lived with his wife, Vicki, a friend, Kevin Harris, four children and a dog. When the Marshalls came upon Harris, Weaver, and his 14-year old son Sammy, one of them shot the dog, which prompted Sammy to fire back. An exchange of fire left Sammy and U.S. Marshall Michael Degan dead.
A standoff ensued and an FBI hostage team joined the ATF. The next day, FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi wounded Weaver and Harris outside the cabin. As they attempted to get back inside, Horiuchi then inadvertently killed wife Vicki Weaver who was holding the door open for them. Thus began an 11-day siege that generated intense publicity and hundreds of spectators, which ended when a retired Army Colonel Bo Gritz, who had considerable support throughout the mountain west, convinced Harris, Weaver and his surviving children to surrender on August 31.
This controversial standoff generated a nationwide debate on the use of force by Federal law enforcement. It is claimed by some to have catalyzed the birth of militia organizations like the Montana Freemen and the Sovereign Citizens movement. It certainly encouraged narratives that the Federal government was out to subvert the Second Amendment of the US Constitution and to get people’s guns by any means necessary.
Upon later trial for many charges including murder, Harris was acquitted of all charges in an Idaho court, and Weaver was convicted only of the original failure to appear and bail violation for the arms charges. The Weavers later won civil judgments against the government for excessive use of force including 380,000 settlement in September of 2000. A US Senate panel accused the federal agencies of “substantial failures” in 1995, and noted parallels with an even larger disaster in 1993 in Waco, Texas, where four federal agents and 76 other people including 25 children died.
Today, the Ruby Ridge case is an exercise for FBI trainees on how not to do law enforcement in rural areas. It illustrates delicate balances in appropriate use of force, and shows how hundreds of new, armed opponents can be generated by trying to arrest one minor scofflaw. 22 years later, in 2014, another western family headed by Cliven Bundy of southeast Nevada attracted hundreds of armed supporters to drive off federal agents from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) who were confiscating cattle from BLM land due to failure to pay grazing fees by the Bundy family.
The practical lesson from Ruby Ridge for efforts to combat terrorism worldwide is that excessive uses of force against citizens can increase the numbers who are willing to take up arms against governments, and decrease the political legitimacy of law enforcement among millions of onlookers in the internet age where vivid images can quickly be available worldwide.
Michael Andregg
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Further Readings
PBS, Ruby Ridge is an episode of a documentary series, American Experience. It aired on August 24, 2017, accessible at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruby-ridge/
Editors of The Encyclopedia Britannica, “Ruby Ridge Incident,” accessible at: https://www.britannica.com/event/Ruby-Ridge-incident .
“Shootings at Ruby Ridge,” at history.com, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/incident-at-ruby-ridge .
US Department of Justice, June 10, 1994, Report of the Ruby Ridge Task Force to the Office of Professional Responsibility of Investigation of Allegations of Improper Governmental Conduct in the Investigation, Apprehension and Prosecution of Randall C. Weaver and Kevin L. Harris, 40 pages, accessible at: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opr/legacy/2006/11/09/rubyreportcover_39.pdf .
US Department of Justice, 1994, Department of Justice Report Regarding Internal Investigation of Shootings at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, During Arrest of Randy Weaver, 431 pages, accessible at: https://www.scribd.com/document/17106356/DOJ-Report-on-the-Internal-Investigation-of-the-Shooting-at-Ruby-Ridge .Combating TerrorismAndregg, Michael M.. (2020). Ruby Ridge. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/212279
Big Top, The Futsal Ground (Canberra, Australia) [Performance Video Recording]
No full textDigital migration of VHS. Video type: performance. Venue name: Acton Park. Date: 22 February 2006. Circus Oz archive notes: Canberra Wednesday Nite.Circus Oz video recording 2006 - Canberra, Australia, Acton Park - 22 February.0:00:19-0:01:26 Pre Show --- 0:01:26-0:02:45 Group Bike (Scott Hone, Michael Ling, Christa Hughes, Ruby Rowat, Sharon Gruenert, Jim Dunlop, Sosina Wogayehu, Jeremy Davies, Ali Dolek) --- 0:02:45-0:03:55 Wheel (Nicci Wilks) --- 0:03:55-0:07:25 Pole (Jeremy Davies, Sosina Wogayehu, Nicci Wilks, Ruby Rowat, Michael Ling, Scott Hone, Sharon Gruenert, Ali Dolek, Chad Albinger) --- 0:07:25-0:13:44 BMX Bike (Svetlana Bunic, Scott Hone) --- 0:13:44-0:16:18 Welcome song (Christa Hughes) --- 0:16:18-0:22:23 Bounce Juggling (Sosina Wogayehu) --- 0:22:23-0:29:51 Hula Hoops (Michael Ling, Ruby Rowat, Ali Dolek) --- 0:29:51-0:31:52 Ninja Tumble (Scott Hone, Sharon Gruenert, Jeremy Davies) --- 0:31:52-0:34:51 Rim (Christa Hughes, Nicci Wilks) --- 0:34:51-0:35:16 Fire Bike Transition (Scott Hone) --- 0:35:16-0:42:00 Orchestra/Flying Bass (John O'Hagan, Jeremy Davies, Sosina Wogayehu, Nicci Wilks, Ruby Rowat, Michael Ling, Christa Hughes, Scott Hone, Sharon Gruenert, Jim Dunlop, Ali Dolek, Svetlana Bunic) --- 0:42:00-0:42:40 Interval (Jim Dunlop) --- 0:42:40-0:48:53 School Trapeze (Michael Ling, Jeremy Davies, Christa Hughes, Jim Dunlop, Sharon Gruenert, Ali Dolek, Scott Hone, Ruby Rowat) --- 0:48:53-0:55:29 Pink Lemonade Contortion (Christa Hughes, Sosina Wogayehu) --- 0:55:29-1:01:21 Tissu (Ali Dolek) --- 1:01:21-1:05:54 Rock Acro (Jeremy Davies, Sharon Gruenert) --- 1:05:54-1:10:13 Solo Trapeze (Ruby Rowat) --- 1:10:13-1:14:58 Politicians/Group Balances (Ruby Rowat, Jeremy Davies, Sosina Wogayehu, Nicci Wilks, Michael Ling, Scott Hone, Sharon Gruenert, Ali Dolek, John O'Hagan, Jim Dunlop) --- 1:14:58-1:17:29 Christa's Big Song (Christa Hughes) --- 1:17:29-1:19:09 Fire Finale (Jeremy Davies, Sosina Wogayehu, Nicci Wilks, Ruby Rowat, Michael Ling, Christa Hughes, Scott Hone, Sharon Gruenert, Ali Dolek) --- 1:19:07-1:22:16 Curtain Call (John O'Hagan, Jeremy Davies, Sosina Wogayehu, Nicci Wilks, Ruby Rowat, Michael Ling, Christa Hughes, Scott Hone, Sharon Gruenert, Jim Dunlop, Ali Dolek, Svetlana Bunic, Dave Murray, Graeme Stables, Pete Sanders, Chad Albinger, Alice Cadwell, Michael Baxter ) --- 1:22:16-1:23:30 Untitle
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