On episode 4 of season 2 of QI, Jeremy Clarkson describes Wedge-tailed Eagles as gorging on roadkill at night, then occasionally being hit by trucks themselves, in gory detail.

In 1846 Douglass met with Thomas Clarkson, one of the last living British abolitionists, who had persuaded Parliament to abolish slavery in Great Britain and its colonies.

Clarkson employs one full-time certified policeman who has a patrol car, radio communications and other standard equipment.

The service included the funeral rite of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church officiated by Archbishop Yurij, Bishop of Toronto, and the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and a eulogy from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's chief correspondent, Peter Mansbridge, and Adrienne Clarkson, by that time the sitting governor general, paid tribute to one of her predecessors via video, as she and her husband were en route to spend Christmas with Canadian troops stationed in the Persian Gulf.

This marked the start of her nearly 30 year career with the CBC, as, after less than a year in her initial position, Clarkson was promoted to co-host, thus becoming one of the first members of a visible minority to obtain a prominent position on Canadian television.

The car was named by BBC's Top Gear as the only true Japanese contribution in the line of supercars, and by Jeremy Clarkson as one of the best cars in the world.

Wisbech's two secondary schools ( 11-18 ) are the comprehensive Thomas Clarkson Academy ( formerly the Queen's School, which itself was the amalgamation of the Queen's Girls ' and Queen's Boys ' schools ), and the independent Wisbech Grammar School, which was founded in 1379, making it one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom.

Immediately after the second series of Pop Idol, the same set was used to host World Idol, in which winners of various Idol series around the world, including original Pop Idol winner Will Young, American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson and Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian, competed in a one-off competition, complete with a large judging panel featuring one judge from each country ( Simon Cowell officially representing American Idol, with Pete Waterman the " official " UK judge ).

Clarkson was named after Thomas Clarkson, the slave trade abolitionist, whom his father knew, and this was the only forename he used, although there is reason to believe Frederick was a second one.

They are also one of the most successful CHL teams in terms of NHL alumni with over 140 players including Mike Richards, Dale Hunter, David Clarkson, Steve Mason, Derek Roy, Steve Downie, 2011 Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner, 2012 Calder Trophy winner Gabriel Landeskog, and Hall of Famers Scott Stevens, Bill Barber, Paul Coffey, Larry Robinson and Al MacInnis.

One of his descendants, Canon John Clarkson, continues in his footsteps as one of the leaders of the Anti-Slavery Society.

Sharp is considered to be one of the founders of Sierra Leone alongside Thomas Peters and the Clarkson brothers ( Thomas Clarkson and John Clarkson ).

After studying drama on the East Coast, Clarkson launched her acting career in 1985 ( a guest spot on Spenser: for Hire being one of her first acting jobs ), and has worked steadily in both film and television.

One example is the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom where students who are studying engineering come to Clarkson for a year as part of one of the exchange programs.

U. S. News & World Report's 2012 rankings America's Best Colleges placed Clarkson University in tier one, the top tier of national universities, with a ranking of 119, and # 35 on the Best Value Schools List, which takes into account a school's academic quality, as indicated by its 2012 U. S. News Best Colleges ranking, and the 2010-2011 net cost of attendance for a student who receives the average level of need-based financial aid.

With WTSC 91. 1 FM The Source, Clarkson also offers one of the North Country's most popular radio stations, which is run completely by the student body.

The Clarkson Army ROTC Battalion ( officially the " Golden Knight Battalion ") is one of 272 Army ROTC battalions in the United States.

Gray performed a duet with American Idol season one winner Kelly Clarkson on Clarkson's debut release Thankful.

Just south of Pooley Bridge on the lake's eastern shore is Eusemere, where anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson ( 1760 – 1846 ) lived ; the house gives one of the best views of the lower reach of Ullswater.

On February 18, 1892, de Jong married Maria Elisabeth Wilhelmina Clarkson in Ginneken, and the couple left by a ship by the name of Princess Sophie after only one month, on March 22, towards Dutch East Indies.

Jeremy Clarkson of the BBC's Top Gear motoring show drove one to the top of Cnoc an Fhreiceadain, a mountain near Tongue in northern Scotland, where no vehicle had previously reached.

* Clarkson Frederick Stanfield ( 1793 – 1867 ) one of the 19th centuries ' most prominent marine painters

Near the end of her time as governor general, Adrienne Clarkson stated: " My constitutional role has lain in what are called ' reserve powers ': making sure that there is a prime minister and a government in place, and exercising the right ' to encourage, to advise, and to warn '[...] Without really revealing any secrets, I can tell you that I have done all three.

Calls for just such an individual to be made viceroy came again in the late 1930s, but it was not until Vincent Massey's appointment by King George VI in 1952 that the position was filled by a Canadian-born individual ; this practice continued until 1999, when Queen Elizabeth II commissioned as her representative Adrienne Clarkson, a Hong Kong-born refugee to Canada.

During her tenure from 1999 to 2005, Adrienne Clarkson made an effort to obtain copies of every Governor General's Literary Awards winning book from fairs and second hand shops for the governor general's study.

In 1927, Mrs. Ethel Slagle Clarkson acquired her brother ’ s share and she and her husband, Jabez, operated the store together until his death in 1947, at which time she continued alone until her marriage to Ed Pittman in 1950.

In 1999, she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada by then-Governor General Adrienne Clarkson in recognition of her successful recording career, her role in Lilith Fair, and the charitable donations she made to women's shelters across Canada.

Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941 as a refugee from Hong Kong and was raised in Ottawa, Ontario.

On October 3, 2005, Clarkson was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, giving her the accordant style of The Honourable ; however, as a former governor general of Canada, Clarkson is entitled to be styled for life with the superior form of The Right Honourable.

Clarkson attended public school in the city and, in October 1951, was lined up with her class to see Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh ( later Queen Elizabeth II ), as the royal motorcade passed through the city.

During her time there, Clarkson won a Governor General's Medal in English before graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in the subject, and then travelling with her parents to East and Southeast Asia.

Clarkson went on to obtain her master's degree in English literature, also at the University of Toronto.

Similarly, Clarkson wrote and published her own romantic fiction novels: A Lover More Condoling in 1968, and Hunger Trace in 1970.

In 1974, Clarkson began her own public affairs television show Adrienne at Large, though this was not particularly successful and lasted less than four months.

After winning several ACTRA Awards, Clarkson ended her job with The Fifth Estate in 1983 and was subsequently appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, John Black Aird, on the advice of his Premier, William Davis, as the Agent General for Ontario in France, acting in this role as a cultural liaison between the province and the country, as well as promoting Ontario in several other European states.

After four years of hosting the show, Clarkson was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada for her long media career, which included hosting more than 3, 500 television programmes, as well as assisting charitable organisations, such as the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Horizons of Canada, and International PEN .< ref name = ClarksonOC >

Davis was even said to offer Clarkson $ 10 million to scrap five of her songs, but she refused.

In 2007, during an episode of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson and James May studied a number of early car designs ( including the Ford Model T and the De Dion-Bouton Model Q and concluded that the Austin Seven was the first mass-market car to be fitted with a " conventional " control layout, as found on modern cars ( although the earliest car they found to use this layout was a Cadillac Type 53 in 1916 ).

Hand in hand, the younger and older versions of Clarkson relive her troubled childhood as various painful memories are seen, such as the younger Clarkson making a picture for her father, who tosses it into the sink, and Clarkson's mother making an unappreciated dinner for her father as she puts the father's dinner into the bin.

Economic progress in Clarkson since 1995 includes several expansions of Bluebird Nursery and the construction of a new concession stand in the City Park.

Clarkson was not only unsuccessful at improving the company's fiscal problems, she was also highly unpopular with employees, and resigned herself after 18 months that saw several protest resignations ; the imprint Adrienne Clarkson Books does, however, remain with McClelland and Stewart.

Filmed in Mexico, the movie featured mud-wrestling Amazon women, magic sceptres, and ( like its predecessor ) several lengthy scenes where Clarkson is tortured topless or naked on a stretching rack by a villain.

In 2001, while living on the canals in Venice, California, for the last several years, Clarkson developed, wrote, produced, and directed a showcase reel titled Lana Unleashed.

Vectra received disappointing feedback from the motoring public, and several well-known journalists, most notably Jeremy Clarkson.

Jefferson was defeated in the general election on December 6, 2008 in a major upset by Republican nominee Cao, who had endorsements from several prominent Democrats including Moreno and City Councilwomen Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson and Stacy Head.

The suburb features several parks and reserves, including Thomas Clarkson Reserve, located on the former route of Eagle Creek, which features the original ornamental pond from the Jenkins estate.

Set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic cars and other vehicles, it features voices by Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Paul Newman ( in his final non-documentary feature ), Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Guido Quaroni, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, and John Ratzenberger as well as voice cameos by several celebrities including Jeremy Piven, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Bob Costas, Darrell Waltrip, Jay Leno, Michael Schumacher, Tom and Ray Magliozzi from NPR's Car Talk, and Mario Andretti.

" Just Missed The Train ", which also appears on Brisebois ' second album Portable Life ( albeit in a different version ), was covered by several artists, namely Shiina Ringo, Trine Rein, Maarja, Kelly Clarkson and Carly Hennessy.

After the production of the song was deemed unsuitable for Lavigne's album, the song was passed to several artists including Samantha Moore before finally being recorded by Kelly Clarkson.

While touring at the Palace Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio during her Breakaway World Tour, Clarkson performed " Breakaway " while signing several autographs for her fans near the stage to purposely let the crowd belt out the chorus.

After the transition to Hot AC and the WDVD calls, the station continued to feature a heavy alternative-rock base for several years, while still playing " hair bands " such as Poison and Aerosmith and pop artists like Kelly Clarkson and Christina Aguilera, and still remained in the lower echelons of the Detroit ratings.

When Fancy was raped by her half-brother Vincent Clarkson, Sheridan destroyed evidence regarding the rape in order to make it appear Fancy was making up her claim of being sexually assaulted and later, testified against Luis, when he was put on trial for several murders Vincent had committed as the masked " blackmailer ".

McCarthy Tétrault was created through the merger of several firms: McCarthy & McCarthy of Toronto, Clarkson Tétrault of Montreal, Shrum Liddle & Hebenton of Vancouver, and Black & Company of Calgary.

Regardless of this change, Lord did not prevent African-Americans from attending Dartmouth, and several African-American students were admitted to the college, among them Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs ( who graduated in 1852 ).

In several interviews, Clarkson has made a number of comments which caused offense to Muslim and homosexual groups.

Mr Clarkson during a parliamentary debate on an electricity regulation to protect vulnerable customers yelled out " pay your bill " several times while the case of Folole Muliaga was being discussed.

Following a broadcast of the television programme Top Gear on 30 January 2011, during which the presenters made several derogatory slurs depicting a stereotypical portrayal of Mexican culture and people, Medina-Mora wrote to the BBC about comments made by Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May about himself and Mexico, demanding a public apology from the BBC.