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Severance Family
Severance may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Severance'' (film), a 2006 British horror film * ''Severance'' (novel), a 2018 novel by Ling Ma *''Severance'', a 2006 short-story collection by Robert Olen Butler * ''Severance'' (TV series), a 2022 Apple TV+ sci-fi series * ''Severance'' (album), by Daysend, 2003 *''Severances'', a 1989 album by Masami Akita, recording as SCUM * "Severance", a 1988 song by Dead Can Dance from '' The Serpent's Egg'' *'' Severance: Blade of Darkness'', a 2001 fantasy action video game Finance and law * Severance (land), the division of land that does not require a plan of subdivision *Severance, the ending of a joint tenancy other than by death *Severance package, pay and benefits when an employee leaves a firm *Severance tax, a tax on non-renewable natural resources Structures *Severance Hall, a concert hall in Cleveland, Ohio, US *Severance Hospital, in Seoul, Korea Places in the United States *Severance, Colorado * Severance, Idaho, now Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severance (film)
''Severance'' is a 2006 comedy horror film co-written and directed by Christopher Smith. Co-written with James Moran, it stars Danny Dyer and Laura Harris. The film tells a story of group of British and Canadian co-workers who go to a remote mountain forest in Hungary, where they become victims of murderous attacks by a group of poachers. ''Severance'' received mostly positive reviews. In 2009, media interest in the film was revived following the alleged copycat murder of a UK teenager. ''The article contains relevant Flash video.'' Plot A man named George and two women are running through the woods. The women fall into a large pit trap while George is caught by a snare. As he hangs helplessly, a masked poacher approaches and disembowels him with a knife. Some days prior, the European Sales division of Palisade Defence military arms corporation are on a bus to a team-building weekend at a lodge in the Mátra Mountains of Hungary. When a fallen tree blocking the road halts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severance Township, Sibley County, Minnesota
Severance Township is a township in Sibley County, Minnesota, Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 343 at the 2000 census. History Severance Township was originally called Clear Lake Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1870. The name was later changed, to Severance, after Martin Juan Severance, a state legislator. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 38.1 square miles (98.6 km), of which 36.5 square miles (94.5 km) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km) (4.15%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 343 people, 119 households, and 96 families residing in the township. The population density was 9.4 people per square mile (3.6/km). There were 123 housing units at an average density of 3.4/sq mi (1.3/km). The racial makeup of the township was 97.38% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.29% African American (U.S. Census), African American, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John L
John Lasarus Williams (29 October 1924 – 15 June 2004), known as John L, was a Welsh nationalist activist. Williams was born in Llangoed on Anglesey, but lived most of his life in nearby Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In his youth, he was a keen footballer, and he also worked as a teacher. His activism started when he campaigned against the refusal of Brewer Spinks, an employer in Blaenau Ffestiniog, to permit his staff to speak Welsh. This inspired him to become a founder of Undeb y Gymraeg Fyw, and through this organisation was the main organiser of ''Sioe Gymraeg y Borth'' (the Welsh show for Menai Bridge using the colloquial form of its Welsh name).Colli John L Williams , '''', 15 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Severance
Joan Marie Severance (December 23, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model. Early life Severance was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Martha and John C. Severance. Her father was an IBM systems manager who had to move frequently around the world. "By the time I was 11," said Severance, "we'd lived in 12 different places." Her family and she also lived in Libya, but in 1967 had to flee the country because of the Six-Day War. They left the Middle East and returned to the United States, settling in Houston.The Most Twisted Sister in Prime Time, Wiseguy's Joan Severance Gives a Brand New Meaning to Hedonism on '' |
Frank Severance
Frank Hayward Severance (November 28, 1856January 26, 1931) was an American historian. Severance was born on November 28, 1856, in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. When he was five years old, his parents moved to Whitewater, Wisconsin, where he grew up and learned printing. After a year in Knox College, he went to Cornell University and graduated in 1879. He was managing editor of ''The Cornell Review'', and in his senior year was one of the editors of the ''Cornell Era''. He was the junior class poet and was re-elected for the senior year. His vacations were spent either in newspaper work or in travel. One summer, he worked as a book-agent; on another, after boating down the Susquehanna River, he hiked over 600 miles on foot in the Allegheny Mountains and Blue Ridge Mountains. He was city editor and general utility man on the '' Erie Gazette'' for two years and joined the ''Buffalo Express'' staff in 1881. He was chairman of the committee on local history of the Buffa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Severance
Dave Elliott Severance (February 4, 1919 – August 2, 2021) was a United States Marine Corps colonel. During World War II, he served as the commanding officer of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines and led his company in the battle of Iwo Jima. During the battle, Severance ordered his 3rd Platoon to scale Mount Suribachi and raise the flag at the summit. Early life Severance was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on February 4, 1919. He was raised in Greeley, Colorado before briefly attending college at the University of Washington. When he ran out of money for school, Severance enlisted in the Marine Corps. Upon graduating from boot camp, he served on board the USS Lexington (The Mighty Lex) aircraft carrier at sea. He was then assigned to the 8th Marine Regiment in San Diego before attending Paramarine training in July 1941. World War II Paramarines After the United States entered World War II, Sergeant Severance was sent to Officer Candidates School and commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordenio Severance
Cordenio Arnold Severance (1862—1925) was an American lawyer from Minnesota. He co-founded the American Law Institute and served as president of the American Bar Association. His wife, known as Mrs. Cordenio A. Severance published the book ''Indian Legends of Minnesota'' and survived the sinking of the RMS ''Republic'' in 1909. Biography Severance was born in Mantorville, Minnesota in 1862. He attended Carleton College from 1877 to 1880 and then read law from 1882 to 1883 in Kasson, Minnesota. He was admitted to the state bar and by 1887, he had entered into partnership in St. Paul with former U.S. Attorney and Governor Cushman Davis and future U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Frank Kellogg. The law firm of Davis, Kellogg & Severance (known today as Briggs and Morgan) won national acclaim to such an extent that U.S. Steel retained Severance to defend them against the federal government in various lawsuits before the U.S. Supreme Court. Through his personal connections, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Severance (serial Killer)
Charles Stanard Severance (born September 25, 1960) is a convicted American serial killer whose crimes took place in Alexandria, Virginia, between 2003 and 2014. He was convicted by a Virginia court in 2016 of three shooting deaths and sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 48 years. He was tried for the killings of three individuals: Ruthanne Lodato in 2014, Ronald Kirby in 2013, and Nancy Dunning in 2003. The case received considerable attention in the city because Severance (as convicted) attacked in broad daylight by knocking on victim's doors and killing those who answered with a .22 caliber firearm, with investigators eventually finding writings from Severance titled "Knock. Talk. Enter. Kill. Exit. Murder." Severance was ultimately arrested on March 13, 2014, following the release of a police sketch taken after the shooting of Lodato. Prosecutors alleged he did so out of hatred for elites in the generally wealthy city of Alexandria. Political career Prior to the kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Severance (computer Scientist)
Charles Russell Severance is an American computer scientist and academic who currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan, he runs https://www.wa4e.com/. Severance studied at Michigan State University, gaining his Bachelor of Science, BS in 1984, his Master of Science, MS in 1990, and his Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in 1996, all in computer science. After graduation, he became an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Michigan State, also serving as Director of the Division of Engineering Computer Services. He left this role in 1999 to become associate director for Advanced Technology at the University of Michigan's Media Union, and left the institution entirely in 2001 to serve as Director of Product Development for Strategic Interactive. In August 2002, he returned to the University of Michigan as the first Chief Architect of the Sakai Project, later becoming a member of the Sakai Foundation Board of Directors, and then its first executiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Severance
Caroline Maria Seymour Severance (1820–1914) was an American abolitionist, suffragist, and founder of women's clubs. Early life and education Caroline Maria Seymour was born on January 12, 1820, in Canandaigua, New York, the daughter of a banker, Orson Seymour, and his wife Caroline M. Clarke. Caroline's father died in 1824, and the family relocated to Auburn, New York. A strict Presbyterian uncle had an outsized influence over Caroline. Caroline attended the Upham Female Seminary in Canandaigua and Miss Almira Bennett's Boarding School in Owasco Lake, New York. She graduated as valedictorian from Miss Ricord's Female Seminary in Geneva at age fifteen in 1835 and served on the faculty of Auburn Female Seminary. For a short time she taught at Mrs. Luther Halsey's boarding school for girls on the Ohio River below Pittsburgh. Marriage to T.C. In 1840, Caroline married Theodoric C. Severance, (nicknamed ''T. C.''), an abolitionist banker from Cleveland, Ohio. T.C. and Caroli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Severance
Carol Severance (1944 – February 19, 2015) was a U.S. science fiction writer. Life Carol Severance was a Hawaii-based Science Fiction and Fantasy writer known for her strong female characters. As an artist she had a special interest in Pacific Island peoples and their environments. In high school she held the Amateur Rocketry Association’s High Altitude Record. After growing up in Denver and earning an art degree, she served with the Peace Corps on remote atolls in Micronesia and traveled interisland on traditional sailing canoes. She found that her oil paints were too dull to capture the vivid colors of the reefs and lagoons, so she began “painting with words” by keeping a detailed journal of people and cultural events. She later assisted with anthropological field work in Micronesia, and went on to earn an M.A. in Journalism at the University of South Carolina. She was a news editor and feature writer and did many feature stories for the Hawaii Tribune Herald. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avery W
Avery may refer to: Business * Avery Company, a former tractor manufacturer and later produced trucks and automobiles * Avery Weigh-Tronix, a British manufacturer of industrial weighing systems * Avery Berkel, a British manufacturer of retail weighing systems ** GEC Avery, a former British manufacturer of weighing machines (successor to W & T Avery) ** W & T Avery, a former British manufacturer of weighing machines * Avery Brewing Company, a regional brewery located in Boulder, Colorado * Avery Dennison, a major manufacturer of pressure-sensitive adhesive materials, apparel branding labels and tags, RFID inlays, and specialty medical products * Avery Publishing, an imprint of the Penguin Group People * Avery (given name), including fictional characters * Avery (surname) Places United States * Avery, California * Avery, Idaho * Avery, Indiana * Avery, Iowa * Avery, Michigan * Avery, Missouri * Avery, Crawford County, Missouri * Avery, Nebraska * Avery, Ohio * Avery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
