In the 2006 case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Ballard v. Burton, Judge Carl E. Stewart writing for the Court held that an Alford guilty plea is a " variation of an ordinary guilty plea ".

J. G. Ballard wrote a dystopian take on a self-contained building that is much like an arcology in his 1975 novel High Rise.

Well-funded groups like Canada's Ballard Power Systems are also working to develop a " regenerative fuel cell ", a device that can generate hydrogen and oxygen when power is available, and combine these efficiently when power is needed.

It is instructive therefore to read some of what Ballard and Moorcock were writing that engendered such animosity from the established SF community.

** The wreck of the RMS Titanic ( 1912 ) in the North Atlantic is located by a joint American-French expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard ( WHOI ) and Jean-Louis Michel ( Ifremer ) using side-scan sonar from RV Knorr.

The Walker Delta is also known as the Ballard rosette, after A. H. Ballard's similar earlier work.

Although it is sometimes assumed that actress Alice Ghostley based her speech patterns and mannerisms on Lynde's, according to actress Kaye Ballard " it was Paul who was influenced by Alice ".

The Russian time machine was shown to be powered by a " Photon Reactor " that has a similar output to a hydrogen bomb ( according to Ballard ), something that Ballard is also working on.

Ballard is responsible for calibrating and maintaining the Spheres and keeping them active to allow for a quick Backstep if needed.

Fly Away Home is a 1996 drama and comedy family-oriented film directed by Carroll Ballard, the director of The Black Stallion ( 1979 ).

At the ball, Esther fills up a visiting girl's ( Lucille Ballard, played by June Lockhart ) dance card with losers because she thinks Lucille is a rival of Rose's.

Ballard County is a county located in west of the U. S. state of Kentucky.

It was created by the Kentucky State Legislature in 1842, and is named for Captain Bland Ballard, a soldier, statesman, and member of the Kentucky General Assembly.

Ballard is a prohibition or dry county.

Ballard County is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Axe Lake Swamp State Nature Preserve is a nature preserve located in Ballard County, in the Barlow Bottoms.

The purpose of the Ballard Nature Center is to provide high quality environmental education, and a place for the enjoyment of nature.

Ballard Nature Center receives no government funding, and is supported largely by donations and memberships.

Barlow is a city in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States.

Blandville is a city in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States.

Kevil is a city in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States.

La Center is a city in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States.

Wickliffe is a city in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States.

Early into the 1974 – 75 season, Ballard publicly blasted Keon, saying that the team was not getting good leadership from its captain and vowing never again to agree to a no-trade clause in a contract, as he had with Keon.

The 12-inch version of this release caused controversy ( even within the group ) as Paul Morley thought it was a good idea to have the sleeve feature a quote by writer J. G. Ballard praising the activities of the German terrorist group Red Army Faction.

It makes good use of 3-D, in fact it does it better than most other such gimmicky films ... The desert photography by Lucien Ballard is stunning.

During the first season, Ballard was the purported " good guy " cop who was trying to bring the Dollhouse down ; however, an unhealthy fixation on Echo ( the main character, portrayed by Eliza Dushku ), as well as other factors, led to his expulsion from the FBI.

Morton was born in Louisville, Kentucky to David C. Morton, a physician, and Mary Ballard Morton, an heiress to a flour milling business.

* Ballard High School ( Louisville ), in Kentucky, USA

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Ballard High School is a senior high school in the eastern suburbs of Louisville, Kentucky.

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First changed to " Negrohead Mountain ", a peak above Santa Monica, California was renamed on ( February 2010 ) to Ballard Mountain in honor of John Ballard, a black pioneer who settled the area in the 19th century.

A few of the early settlers of the Hallettsville area include Collatinus Ballard, M. B. Bennett, A. W. Hicks, David Ives, Ira McDaniel, and William Smeathers.

Ballard Down is an area of chalk downland on the Purbeck Hills in the English county of Dorset.

In 1911, Virgil Bogue produced a civic master plan for Seattle ’ s Municipal Plans Commission in which he promoted the idea of Lake Union as an industrial area: “ The fact that ( Lake Union ) is located in the very heart of the city indicates that if properly developed it will become a most important factor in the commercial and business activities of the city .” ( Seattle Municipal Plans Commission 1911, p. 78 ) Completion of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and Ballard locks in 1917 guaranteed the success of shipping and shipbuilding industries on Lake Union and thus of the Bogue vision, despite the fact that his plan was defeated by voters.

* Ballard Down, an area in Dorset, England

The Ballard area of Seattle, Washington, Solvang, California, central Iowa and Burr Ridge, Illinois, are among other places to find kringles in the U. S. In 2005, Dana College in Blair, Nebraska, held a Kringle Kontest, which was won by Kirsten's Danish Bakery in Burr Ridge, Illinois.

Ballard High School got its start in the fall of 1901, when the Ballard School District added grades eleven and twelve to the already existing Central School, creating the first four-year high school in the Ballard area.

Students enrolled in these academies are part of the Ballard student population but have chosen to participate in a specific content area of focus.