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  Gideon v. Wainwright Turns 40
Clarence Earl Gideon, a 50 year-old drifter, was charged with breaking and entering the poolroom, stealing bottles of wine, beer, soda, and change from a cigarette machine and a juke box.
Gideon insisted he was entitled to be represented by a lawyer.
Gideon's case was sent back to the Florida court for retrial.
www.rashkind.com /gideon   (744 words)

  
 Gregory Gideon (Fantastic Four foe)
Gideon sent his men to retrieve the Dragon Man from a railroad freight car that Namor had trapped it in, as Gideon knew that the Dragon Man's odd psychological attachment to Sue Richards could help his plans.
Gideon's men melted a path in the ice surrounding the Dragon Man and placed a device in its head to allow Gideon to master it with a sonic control.
Gideon intended to use a device called the Eternity Machine to drain power from the Fantastic Four, whom he had all placed in cells or under restraints on platforms.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/gideongr.htm   (1471 words)

  
 The Society of the Judges
Gideon had a faith, but could not understand why his people appeared to have been forsaken.
Gideon, however, had the vision to see a world outside the experience he had grown up to.
It was bad enough for Gideon to live in fear of the foreign armies, but in challenging local customs, he was also in danger from his countrymen.
www.2pi.info /bible/god/NewValues/Societyofthe.html   (1602 words)

  
 Gideon School District
The mission of the Gideon School District is to educate students to become responsible, productive participants in society
As a district, we have made a commitment to utilize technology to enhance the educational process in our quest to help our students, teachers, and community members become the "life-long learners" demanded by today's society.
Gideon, MO Weather Conditions, Forecast, Warnings, and Radar
gideon.k12.mo.us   (78 words)

  
 Israpundit » Blog Archive » A Valentine for Israel from Southern Connecticut State University
Gideon Society founder, Laban Seyoum had electrified a UN conference on anti-Semitism in June 2004, when his remarks held in the General Assembly hall at the New York City headquarters were captured in a FrontPageMagazine article by writer Alyssa Lappen entitled: “Has the UN finally recognized Anti-Semitism.”
The Gideon column was composed of Brits, Aussies, Ethiopians and Palmachniks from the Palestine Mandate.
The Gideon team boarded their bus for the long trek back to New Haven feeling that they had done an effective job of consulting with key House and Senate aides and learning a lot in the process of how things are done on Capitol Hill.
www.israpundit.com /2006/?p=320   (1421 words)

  
 GIDEON cont'd Judges 8:1- vss 1-3 Gideon had to deal with the men of Ephraim vs 3 Gideon p
Gideon was a type of Christ, but Gideon knows it was the Lord.
Abimelech tries to act like Gideon -- vs 48 "What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done." (cut a tree limb) The people were hiding in the house of their false god.
Gideon said he didn't want to be king--that was the right thing to do.
www.skepticfiles.org /aj/judges10.htm   (1179 words)

  
 Open Society Institute - Criminal Justice Initiative - Gideon Project Grant Guidelines
The consequences of Gideon~ underenforcement-long pre-trial detention, disparate prosecution of criminal laws, wrongful conviction and inappropriate incarceration of substance-addicted and mentally ill people-have serious implications for human, as well as constitutional, rights.
Two U.S. based programs-the Program on Law and Society and the Center on Crime, Communities and Culture-are already supporting efforts to protect judicial independence, improve civil legal services for the poor and expand the range of services available to prisoners returning to their communities.
In 2000, OSI launched the Gideon Project to improve the quality of criminal legal advocacy for poor and moderate-income people in the United States.
lobby.la.psu.edu /064_Legal_Services/Organizational_Statements/OSI/OSI_Gideon_project_102401.htm   (777 words)

  
 Gideon Foundation for the Arts
Of today’s society and the society we envision for tomorrow, a grand integration of all societies is inevitable as we struggle to unite ourselves for the future of humanity.
The Gideon Foundation for the Arts (GFA) has a global mission to ensure that the arts withstand the fury of evolvement by bringing the importance of creativity to all who can listen to and learn from them.
Societies that endow the humanities often see a reduction in crime, the decrease of poverty and the lessening of hatred.
www.gideonfoundation.org   (631 words)

  
 ThisNation.com--Gideon v. Wainwright
Put to trial before a jury, Gideon conducted his defense about as well as could be expected from a layman.
Brady, 316 U.S. 455, was decided by a divided Court, the problem of a defendant's federal constitutional right to counsel in a state court has been a continuing source of controversy and litigation in both state and federal courts.
Like Gideon, Betts sought release by habeas corpus, alleging that he had been denied the right to assistance of counsel in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
www.thisnation.com /library/gideon.html   (2026 words)

  
 Gideon Lincecum (1793-1874): Mississippi Pioneer and Man of Many Talents
Allow students to continue working with their assigned partner in order to write the nomination letter in support of Gideon Lincecum’s induction into the Mississippi History Hall of Fame.
The teacher will ask for student volunteers to share the leadership characteristics they felt that Gideon Lincecum possessed and give examples from his life to support their suggestions.
Research the medical practices popular during the time that Gideon Lincecum practiced as well as practices common among the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.
teacherexchange.mde.k12.ms.us /MHNLP/gideonlincecumlp.html   (441 words)

  
 Keep and Bear Arms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Say the name, "Gideon," and most people probably think of the Gideon Bibles placed in hotel rooms around the world by The Gideon Society.
The Lord wanted Gideon to lead any army against Israel's current oppressors, but Gideon was loathe to leave his family-survival responsibilities and asked the Lord for a sign.
Gideon took the men to a stream and told them to drink.
www.keepandbeararms.com /information/XcIBPrintItem.asp?ID=640   (866 words)

  
 Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
We are writing on behalf of taxpayers and complainants in Brunswick County about the shocking action taken by the Board of Education to unlawfully authorize the distribution of Christian testaments to students on school property by the Gideon Society.
The Gideon Society is an aggressive proselytizing missionary group which knows it is not permitted to distribute bibles in public schools, yet relentlessly carries on its crusade by hooking up with unscrupulous principals or schools boards.
The Society preys on the youngest and most vulnerable Americans--schoolchildren who are a captive audience in our public schools.
www.ffrf.org /news/2006/Gideonsltr.php   (354 words)

  
 Allen Berger Wins Indiana Lawsuit Gideon Bible Handouts In Schools Ruled Unconstitutional
The decision reversed a 1991 lower court ruling permitting Gideon Bibles to be distributed to fifth-grade pupils in a Rensselaer public school.
The relationship between the corporation and the Gideons cannot survive this scrutiny." The judges called the "assistance" provided to the Gideons by the Rensselaer Central School Corporation "a far more glaring offense to First Amendment principles" than the nondenominational graduation prayers recently ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Gideon Society traditionally has avoided litigation on its illegal practices since the 1950's, by temporarily halting distribution in communities where complaints are made.
www.skepticfiles.org /atheist/gideonff.htm   (442 words)

  
 Bible Picture Library of LineArt
The Lord's angel appearing to Gideon (Judg.06 by Annie Vallotton, from the Good News Bible (C) American Bible Society)
Gideon's army blowing trumpets and smashing jars, the Midianties fleeing (Judg.07b by Annie Vallotton, from the Good News Bible (C) American Bible Society)
Gideon and followers surprising the army of the Midianites
www.cc-art.com /sampler/Lineart/html/judges2.HTM   (983 words)

  
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The Testaments are to be presented by Gideons or by the Military Chaplain assigned to such units.
The full Bibles and large New Testaments with the Gideon emblem on the cover are exclusively for placement by Gideon members in institutions (other than the church) where people are housed overnight.
The pocket-sized New Testaments with Psalms and Proverbs are distributed in a variety of colors by Gideon members to defined groups of individuals (dark green for servicemen/law enforcement personnel/firefighters/EMTs, white for medical personnel, red for school children 5th to 12th grades, light green for college students, etc.).
www.gideons.org /faq.html   (771 words)

  
 Israel Society for Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Israel Society of Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy, The Israel Shoulder and Elbow Society and The Israel Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society are all involved in the symposium.
ISKSA is a daughter society of the Israel Orthopedic Association.
The Society is affiliated with the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Trauma (ISAKOS) and is a member of the European Society of Sports Trauma, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA).
www.kneesociety.co.il   (275 words)

  
 BRILL
Launched in 1992, the Civil Society in the Middle East program brought together dozens of leading scholars to analyze political life through an exploration of civil society within the states of the region.
Collectively, these contributions challenge profoundly the notion that civil society is alien to the Middle East.
As a two volume set, Civil Society in the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of state-society relations in the Middle East that is available.
www.brill.nl /print.aspx?partid=73&pid=1267   (402 words)

  
 International Bone and Mineral Society - About   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Awards of the International Bone and Mineral Society are intended to distinguish and encourage research in the field of clinical and basic science of the skeleton and mineral metabolism.
For outstanding contributions by an IBMS member to clinical research in bone and mineral metabolism, that have led to significant changes in understanding of physiology or disease, or to changes in disease management or prevention.
In recognition of outstanding contributions, leadership and dedicated service to the International Bone and Mineral Society and the field of bone and mineral research.
www.ibmsonline.org /about/society_awards.cfm   (249 words)

  
 Gideon Baker - Department of Politics and International Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
My research interests are in international political theory, focusing on claims about democracy and civil society at the global level.
I am particularly interested in narratives which connect the agency of global civil society with an emergent global ethics and a rights-based model of global democracy.
Building on this model of ‘civil society first’ as an alternative to hegemonic liberal democratic theory, I have provided a critique of the statist assumption that civil society constitutes merely a ‘support structure’ for democracy in the state.
www.lancs.ac.uk /fss/politics/people/baker/baker.htm   (427 words)

  
 GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT (1963)
GIDEON V. Winston Churchill once said that the true measure of a civilized society is how it treats people accused of crimes.
The whole rationale behind this and other Court rulings in the 1960s was the belief that the exercise of constitutional rights ought not to depend on a person's wealth or education.
Brady was decided by a divided Court, the problem of a defendant's federal constitutional right to counsel in a state court has been a continuing source of controversy and litigation in both state and federal courts.
usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/facts/democrac/67.htm   (1246 words)

  
 GIDEON - news - archives
GIDEON was presented at the ASM (American Society of Microbiology) 103rd General Meeting in Washington DC in May, 2003.
GIDEON was presented at the annual ASTMH meeting in Denver on 12 November 2002.
GIDEON was presented at the 14th International Conference on Computing in Clinical Laboratories in Frankfurt, Germany.
www.gideononline.com /archives.htm   (626 words)

  
 The Court and the Cussed Man -- Friday, Sep. 18, 1964 -- Page 1 -- TIME
This decision brought Gideon a new trial (and his acquittal) and opened the way for new trials for a myriad of other Gideons.
The Gideon case was a stroke of luck that Lewis had the journalistic wit to seize on to animate what might otherwise have been a forbiddingly austere exercise in legal citations and abstract discussions.
Gideon himself hardly seems at first glance to be the figure of a man of destiny: gaunt, cantankerous, half-educated, a petty gambler and four-times-convicted felon.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,830768,00.html   (532 words)

  
 Gideon Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Gideon Project funds initiatives that protect the rights of individuals at all levels of the criminal justice systems.
The Gideon Project is named for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v.
In the March 2003 issue of Ideas For An Open Society, Stephen B. Bright, director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, an OSI grantee, examines the promise of indigent defense 40 years after the landmark Gideon decision.
www.soros.org /initiatives/justice/focus_areas/gideon   (299 words)

  
 Gideon Lincecum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The State of Texas erected memorial to Gideon Lincecum in 1936.
In 1904, the Mississippi Historical Society published parts of that long story, but Lincecum’s entire written history of the Choctaw people, based on what Chahta Immataha told him, exists in the University of Texas Archives.
Gideon Lincecum’s legacy to Mississippi is extensive though it has been under-appreciated.
mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature56/lincecum.html   (2297 words)

  
 Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
FFRF Blasts Rogue North Carolina School Board for Inviting in Gideons
The Brunswick County School Board voted recently to allow the Gideon Society as early as this spring to distribute the Christian testament, rescinding a 1994 decision.
Citing Supreme Court "chapter and verse," Gaylor noted that it is settled law that religious material may not be distributed in public schools, by the Gideons or by anyone else:
ffrf.org /news/2006/GideonsinvadeNC.php   (304 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism, 1993 – present.
Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1993 – present.
Society for the Study of Social Problem's Lee Founders Award Committee for 2002-2003.
faculty.rmc.edu /bgill/RMCVITAE04.htm   (2288 words)

  
 Gideon Foster House - HQ
The Peabody Historical Society was founded in 1896 by Elizabeth Cheever Osborne.
From its first home, a small meeting room in the Warren bank building, the Society moved into the General Gideon Foster House in 1916 and remains the Society's headquarters today.
The Peabody Historical Society maintains a large collection of clothing, jewelry and accessories of the Victorian era as seen in the image to the right.
www.peabodyhistorical.org /hq.htm   (246 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
VANCOUVER — Canadian Jewish Congress has added its voice to parents’ objections that the Gideon Society’s distribution of Christian Bibles to students in a Vancouver-area public school system is inappropriate.
The Gideon Society, a lay association of Christians, has offered free Bibles to Grade 5 students across Canada since the 1940s, and in the Richmond School District since at least the 1960s.
But Beairsto insisted that the Gideon Society’s offer to distribute free Bibles is no big deal.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=9068   (615 words)

  
 Boscobel, Wisconsin - Landmarks
That meeting led to the formation of the world famous Gideon Society which has since placed millions of Gideon Bibles in lodging facilities throughout the world.
Since the construction of the "old depot" in 1857, the Boscobel Depot was the "heartbeat of the area." It served as the marshaling point of 2000 plus young enlisted men of the Union Army and again in subsequent years of WWI and WWII.
Included among notable people entering the city were the two traveling salesmen, Samuel E. Hill and John H. Nicholson, who began the writings of the Gideon Bible, as well as John Blaine who left the city for a 3-term governorship of Wisconsin and later adversary for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
www.boscobelwisconsin.com /landmarks.html   (384 words)

  
 BRILL
Civil Society in the Middle East is a project of the Department of Politics and the Koverkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University.
While there is wide disagreement about the outcome among those who follow events in the Middle East, there is little doubt that the regimes in the region are under increasing pressure from their citizens.
Ann Mosely Lesch, 'Dictatorship and Civil Society in the Sudan.'
www.brill.nl /print.aspx?partid=10&pid=1796   (304 words)

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