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5 unusual facts about Alva "Ted" Bonda


Property insurance

Remarking upon State Farm's pullout from Florida, Ted Corless, a property insurance attorney who has represented large insurance carriers like Nationwide, noted "that homeowners are really going to have to look out for themselves".

Rafe Furst

Furst has spoken about transformation of early-stage finance at TED, and in 2006, he won a World Series of Poker Championship Bracelet.

Seattle Marine Aquarium

The aquarium was created in 1962 and was initially owned and operated by Ted Griffin.

Ted's Hot Dogs

Theodore Spiro Liaros first began his work with hot dogs by operating a horse drawn hot dog cart in close proximity to the construction site of the then new Peace Bridge, connecting Buffalo with Canada.

Theodore A. “Ted” Corless

Ted appeared on the RiotCast Network’s Comedy Cellar podcast to debate “stand your ground laws” and the George Zimmerman verdict.


Aldrin Justice

Ted's boss has a baseball signed (three times) by Pete Rose, and even declares that Pete Rose's absence from the Baseball Hall of Fame is a travesty, even though since his retirement from baseball, Rose has admitted to betting on the Cincinnati Reds many times when he was the team's manager.

Andrew Ashton

FontLab, the leading developer and manufacturer of software for creating digital typefaces, from entry level to professional, have been sufficiently interested in his work to offer him sponsorship through the offices of the President, Ted Harrison.

Army Girls Gone Wild

Other members of Devo are involved in JJ&TED, but it differs in that Gerald Casale is the frontman instead of Mark Mothersbaugh.

Bad Crazy

Ted decides he has to break up with her, and plans to do so at the Barclays Center-even after discovering that being in a public place does not deter Jeannette from violence.

Barton Seaver

In 2010, Seaver delivered a TED Talk on sustainable seafood aboard the National Geographic Endeavour as part of a conference-at-sea conceived by TED Prize winner and Mission Blue founder Dr. Sylvia Earle as part of the Mission Blue Voyage.

Boardman Township, Michigan

As it was built through the area, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad platted the settlement at the juncture of the rail line with the south branch of the Boardman River.

Boston College Eagles sports radio networks

The basketball play-by-play announcer is Ted Sarandis and the analyst is Bill Ebben.

Boys Better

# "Free for All" (Ted Nugent) (Ted Nugent cover recorded for Manchester's Key 103 radio station)

Cleveland Stokers

They sold the Stokers to a group led by Cleveland attorney Howard Metzenbaum and business partner, Alva "Ted" Bonda, the first week of January 1968.

Constantinos Coconis

Constantinos (Ted) Coconis is an American illustrator who illustrated many children's books, including the 1971 Newbery Award-winning The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Cromer Byars, and The Golden God, Apollo by Doris Gates.

David Sheff

His interview subjects have included John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Steve Jobs, Ai Weiwei, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Jack Nicholson, Ted Taylor, Carl Sagan, Betty Friedan, Barney Frank, Fareed Zakaria, and many others.

Die Goldenen Zitronen

The founding members were Schorsch Kamerun (vocals), Ale Sexfeind (drums), Ted Gaier (bass, guitar), and Aldo Moro (guitar, bass).

George Robledo

His brother Ted had died nearly 20 years earlier, having fallen from an oil tanker into the sea off Dubai in December 1970, aged only 42.

George Schneeman

Schneeman is known for being one of the most prolific collaborators in a milieu frequently characterized by its collaborative spirit; over approximately forty years, he collaborated on hundreds of pieces of art with, amongst others, Ted Berrigan, Anne Waldman, Allen Ginsberg, Larry Fagin, Dick Gallup, Michael Brownstein, Lewis MacAdams, Alice Notley, Bill Berkson, Tom Clark, Steve Katz, Ted Greenwald and Lewis Warsh.

Graeme Dell

Amongst the coaches he has worked for include Sir Bobby Robson, Roy Hodgson, Don Howe, Les Reed and England's most successful youth team Coach to date Ted Powell.

Harold Alfond

He has donated money to various colleges to help improve their sports facilities; for example, the Alfond Arena and Alfond Stadium at the University of Maine, the Harold and Ted Alfond Sports Center at Rollins College, The Alfond Forum at the University of New England and the Alfond Center at Saint Joseph's College of Maine.

In the Middle of an Island

"In the Middle of an Island" is a popular song written by Nick Acquaviva and Ted Varnick and published in 1957.

Jack E. Robinson III

In 2009, he ran against Scott Brown in the Republican primaries for the special election to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat, but lost to Brown in the primaries.

Jack Reiter

They included Brigadier ‘Rudolf’ Vaughan, Lieutenant-Colonel John Combe (John Frederick Boyce Combe), Brigadier ‘Ted’ Todhunter, (Edward Joseph Todhunter), Captain Guy Ruggles-Brise (Guy E Ruggles-Brise) and Lieutenant, ‘Dan’ Ranfurly, (Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly).

Jefferson Han

TED released the video online 6 months later and it spread quickly on YouTube.

John W. Rollins

He was married three times, to Kitty, Linda Kuechler, and Michele Metrinko, and had ten children including John W., Jr., James, Catherine, Patrick, Ted, Jeff, Michele, Monique, Michael and Marc, as well as eleven grandchildren, John III, Jamie, Fontayne, Charlie, Rachel, Katie, Sarah, Emma, Kaitlyn, William, and Morgan.

Lindsay Dawson

At Art Center he studied under Dan McCaw, Harry Carmean, Ted Youngkin, Eugene Fleary, and Valerie Winslow.

Lobster Crawl

When Ted cancels a meeting with a headhunter for a new project in order to spend time with Marvin, Marshall and Lily fire him as a babysitter.

Louisville Lightning

Louisville was awarded the team in August with the ownership group of Wayne Estopinal and Ted Nichols and the new team was aptly named the Lightning as well.

Myron Cohen

During the 1950s, when there were numerous nightclub showroom venues throughout the nation, he was one of the top headliners, along with others, such as Sophie Tucker, Ted Lewis, Adam Lebensfeld, Jimmy Durante, and Joe E. Lewis, among others.

Nada Herman-Witkamp

Nada Herman's grandfather is Sali Herman (OBE) and her father, Ted Herman, was also a well-known artist.

Nocturno Culto

Ted Skjellum (born 4 March 1972 in Kolbotn, Oppegård), also known by the stage names Nocturno Culto, Nocturno or Kveldulv, is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist, lead guitarist, and partial bassist (shared with Fenriz) of the influential black metal band Darkthrone.

Old Blood

As Lullaby, Ted, Tiffany, Mike and A.J. released three albums on Bar/None Records and a host of vinyl releases for Saddle Creek.

Phil Flynn

Ted Cunningham, the Cork based financial adviser convicted of laundering £3 million of the sum stolen by the IRA in the 2004 Northern Bank robbery stated "Phil Flynn is the boss behind everything" in a garda interview about the robbery introduced in evidence in Cunningham's trial.

Richard Muenz

In 1986 he was a guest star on Highway to Heaven in the episode To Bind the Wounds and the following year he appeared on Kate & Allie in the episode Ted's Fix-Up.

Roger Elkin

He has reviewed for Stand, Outposts and Envoi and his critical articles on Ted Hughes's poetry have appeared in collections of essays edited by Keith Sagar (1995) and Joanny Moulin (1999); and also on the "Earth-Moon, Ted Hughes" and the "Ted Hughes Society" websites.

Rogers Communications

While Ted Rogers was an articling student with Tory, Tory, DesLauriers & Binnington, he started Rogers Radio Broadcasting Limited, which acquired Canada's pioneer FM station, CHFI-FM.

Sky Knight Helicopter Program

The decision involved Lakewood city officials, Lakewood Sheriff’s station Captain Ted von Minden, the Hughes Tool Company (Manufacturers of the 300B helicopters to be flown in the study), and the federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.

Sony Vegas Pro

Major broadcasters have utilized the software, including Nightline with Ted Koppel.

Sweet Taste of Liberty

Ted and Barney eventually find out that these two girls have boyfriends who are players for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Ted Gerela

His brothers were also professional kickers; Roy Gerela with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers and Metro Gerela briefly with the Montreal Alouettes (Metro is enshrined in the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.) In 1993, his nephew Ted Gerela was drafted in the 7th round of the 1993 CFL Draft by the BC Lions as a linebacker from Rocky Mountain College.

Ted Gioia

Ted Gioia is the brother of Dana Gioia, poet and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Ted Hooper

He also co-authored The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Beekeeping (Roger Morse and Ted Hooper, 1985)

Ted Nasmith

In October 1996, Nasmith was asked by Tolkien's publishers to provide the artwork for the first illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, during which time Ted developed a strong working relationship with Christopher Tolkien.

Ted Noffs

Theodore Delwin "Ted" Noffs (1926–1995) was a Methodist (later Uniting Church) minister, writer and founder of the Ted Noffs Foundation and the Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross, Sydney, in 1964.

Ted V. Mikels

Six of these titles included 10 Violent Women, The Doll Squad, The Corpse Grinders, The Corpse Grinders II, Girl in Gold Boots and Blood Orgy of the She-Devils, all of which Alpha later released as a six-DVD set titled Ted V. Mikels Signature Collection, which was autographed by Mikels.

The Mutual Fund Store

key people = Adam Bold, Founder
John Bunch, Chief Executive Officer
Ted Bloomberg, Chief Operations Officer

The Stinsons

Ted recalls having seen Betty act in Brecht's Die Heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe (he refers to the play by its original German title).

The Unkissed Bride

Nervous about the prospect of having sex, Margie picks up a copy of Mother Goose and begins reading from it, causing Ted to faint.

Theodore H. Rowell

Ted was a delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention, where his friend Harold Stassen was the hands-down favorite to receive that year's Republican nomination for president.

Treble in Trouble

#"Abner Louima v. Gov. Pete Wilson" (written and originally performed by Ted Leo and The Sin Eaters)

Trombetto

The final version was custom-crafted using additional tubing attached to a rare, antique 4th valve for the purpose of completing the horn’s lower registry capability, by brass technician, Ted Weir at the former Brass & Woodwind Shop in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

Xtra AM

During Xtra AM's nine years on air, these included Les Ross (as mentioned above), Annie Othen, Ted Elliott, Tony Butler, Adrian Stewart, Dave Hickman, Mick Wright, Guy Jogoo and Noddy Holder (who hosted a popular Sunday afternoon show playing music from the 1970s).


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Cambus, Clackmannanshire

The station was to the west of the level crossing on the road into the village, and had a large signal box, which controlled two level crossings, the junction with the line to Menstrie and Alva, and access to sidings in the brewery and distillery.