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7 unusual facts about Clarkson


Clarkson, Mississauga

a Holcim Canada (formerly St. Lawrence Cement) Cement plant, which distributes cement via truck throughout Toronto.

Electrovaya, a manufacturer of portable computers and batteries.

Clarkson, New York

General Matthew Clarkson was an extensive landowner in this locality, who gave 100 acres (405,000 m²) to the town.

Clarkson, Ohio

He established the first Standard Oil dealership in Ohio, holding vendor's license Number 1.

In 1817, James Monroe, while President of the United States, visited his cousin, Catherine Hanna, in Clarkson.

Kansas City massacre

Death of Floyd: After an intensive search, the FBI and a team of local police officers located Pretty Boy Floyd hiding on a farm just outside Clarkson, Ohio, on October 22, 1934.

Ommatoiulus moreleti

Crushed millipedes may have caused a 2013 minor train crash in Clarkson, Western Australia.


2010 Clarkson Cup

Brooke White, Player of the Game, Minnesota, Clarkson Cup Final

Abilene Christian Wildcats

Lone Star Conference—Wilbert Montgomery, football (1996); Billy Olson, men's track and field (1997); Claudia Schleyer, women's basketball (1998); Wally Bullington, football (1999); Jennifer Clarkson-Frazier, women's basketball (2001); Wes Kittley, track and field (2006).

Alastair Clarkson

Clarkson was 19 and at the end of his first season with North Melbourne when the Kangaroos met Carlton in October, 1987 in the notorious Battle Of Britain an exhibition match at The Oval in London .

Barbarian Queen

A follow-on film, Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back was billed as a sequel, when in actuality neither the plot nor the characters had anything to do with the original Barbarian Queen film, other than casting Lana Clarkson in the title role, and having a scene where her character is stretched out naked on a rack and slowly tortured to death.

Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back

It was billed as a sequel to the 1985 cult classic film Barbarian Queen, which also starred Clarkson, although the plot and characters bear no relation to the earlier film.

Be Still

"Be Still", a song from American pop rock singer Kelly Clarkson's 2007 album My December

Behind Hazel Eyes

The video also featured scenes of Clarkson attending the premiere of the 2004 film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement in Disneyland, a behind the scenes footage of the creation of her sophomore album, Breakaway, and a short live performance of "Beautiful Disaster" from her album Thankful.

Clarkson also featured her previous jobs prior to auditioning to American Idol.

Beneath It All

Alternative Press gave it 3 out of 5 stars, commenting "it comes off as extremely over-produced, with swooshes, bells and whistles lending themselves better to Kelly Clarkson than Hey Monday" as well as "Beneath It All is enjoyable enough, but it feels woefully incomplete."

Bob Clarkson

In the 2005 election, Clarkson was recruited as the National candidate for the Tauranga seat.

Charles L. Reason

He wrote the poem "Freedom," which celebrated the British abolitionist Thomas Clarkson; it was published in Alexander Crummell's 1849 biography of Clarkson.

Davenport Panthers

Men's lacrosse program began in 2008 and is coached by Bob Clarkson.

Don't Go in the House

Released on a low budget on DVD at a time when home DVD players were first coming to the market and people were building libraries from the few films available, this title reached audiences that might otherwise have passed it up for more mainstream options, much like Lana Clarkson's Barbarian Queen and David Carradine's Death Race 2000.

Emmanuelle Blais

Some of her teammates on Team Quebec included future Olympic gold medalist Catherine Ward, future Clarkson Cup champion Stephanie Denino, future Canadian National Team member Jesse Scanzano.

Henry R. Selden

On September 25, 1834, Selden married Laura Anne Baldwin at Clarkson, and they had three sons and two daughters, among them George Baldwin Selden, who became the first person to be granted a patent for the automobile.

James S. Clarkson

James S. Clarkson (May 17, 1842 – May 30, 1918) was born in Brookville, Indiana, but raised a native of Polk County, Iowa.

Jeremy Clarkson: Meets the Neighbours

Jeremy Clarkson: Meets the Neighbours was a television series presented by Jeremy Clarkson and during the course of the series, he drives a 1960s Jaguar E-Type.

Jimmy Rae

James Clarkson Rae (born in Aberdeenshire) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager who most famously played for and then became manager of English Football League club Plymouth Argyle.

John Clarkson

On June 30, 1892, after 16 starts and a 8–6 record, Boston's new manager, Frank Selee, released Clarkson.

Kells, County Meath

For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see JJ Lee “On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses” in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54, and also “New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850” by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol.

Laurence Clarkson

Laurence Clarkson (1615–1667), sometimes called Claxton, was an English theologian and accused heretic.

MPH Show

The Mph '06, the show was presented by Jeremy Clarkson and James May (Top Gear Presenters) and Tiff Needell (Fifth Gear Presenter) who was drafted in to cover for Richard Hammond who could not make the show due to his crash.

Mr. Know It All

The song's accompanying music video was directed by Justin Francis and features a "wall of doubt" background in which derogatory headlines about Clarkson are posted.

Narindar Saroop

Later directorships and advisory positions were with Oxfam Relief Project (1964), Devi Grays Insurance Ltd (1981-84), Capital Plant International Ltd (1982-86), Develt, Clarkson Puckle Group (1976-87), Banque Belge (1987-91), Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund (1992-95), National Grid plc (1993), Coutts & Co. (1995-98) and the BBC Advisory Council on Asian Programmes (1977-81).

Nathaniel James Clarkson

At the start of 2004 Clarkson was commissioned to write a theme tune for PlayStation 2 game Dog's Life.

Nowergup railway depot

The Nowergup Depot was built in 2004, and completed on 20 May 2004.The depot was designed for storage and servicing of the incoming B-series railcars, all the trains from Clarkson to Mandurah.

One Minute

No accompanying music video was recorded for the song; however, Clarkson promoted it through few live appearances, including at Daytona 500 on February 2007, and on Take 40's Live Lounge.

Clarkson first performed "One Minute" at Daytona 500 on February 18, 2007, where she premiered the song prior to the album's release.

Robert Mackey Stribling

Stribling was born in Markham, Virginia to his parents, Dr. Robert Mackey Stribling and Caroline Clarkson.

Sawtry Community College

St Andrews and St Judith are then split into 6 houses: Royce, Sinclair, Keynes, Darwin, Eliot and Clarkson.

So's Your Old Man

It was written by J. Clarkson Miller based on the story "Mr. Bisbee's Princess" by Julian Leonard Street as adapted by Howard Emmett Rogers.

Stu Clarkson

On June 6, 1944, Clarkson was part of the American forces landing at Utah Beach, Normandy, France.

Thomas W. Clarkson

Thomas W. Clarkson is a heavy metals toxicologist and an emeritus professor in the department of environmental medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Tony Clarkson

born 5 September 1939, Killinghall, Harrogate, Yorkshire, Clarkson was a right-handed opening batsman and off break bowler, and played his early cricket for the Harrogate Club, for whom he opened both the batting and the bowling.

Clarkson spent the 1980s in the Harrogate area, employed as Customer Services Manager for Yorkshire Water.

UK Channel Boredom

"UK Channel Boredom" is a song by the rock band Manic Street Preachers that appeared as the second song on a 7" flexi-disc given away free with the March 1990 editions of two fanzines, Hopelessly Devoted and Goldmining. The first song on the disc was "I Wonder What the Trouble Is" by Burnley indie band The Laurens (Craig Latham, Tim Nixon, Jon Clarkson, Dan Connolly and Paul Deakin).

Vincent Clarkson

Vincent Clarkson, a tabloid reporter, was first seen on-camera at Chad and Whitney Harris-Crane's December 26, 2006 wedding, where he was searching for colleague J. T. Cornell (who had been murdered, his corpse placed inside Chad and Whitney's wedding cake).

Wadesmill

Historically Wadesmill is particularly notable for two features - it is the location of the first turnpike in England (and therefore the world), and the presence of the Clarkson Memorial halfway up nearby High Cross hill, a memorial to Thomas Clarkson's rest point in his travels at which he decided to devote much of the rest of his life to ending the slave trade.


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