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unusual facts about Asher



Amy Grabow

She played Dr. Rachel Adair on the soap opera General Hospital from February 2005 until her final appearance on August 5, 2005 where her character was actually murdered by Dr. Asher Thomas (Larry Poindexter) after her schemes by helping her former lover AJ Quartermaine (Billy Warlock) getting killed who was also killed by Dr. Thomas and attempting to seek revenge on Steven Webber (Shaun Benson).

Asceticism in Judaism

Of Asher, the son of Meshullam ben Jacob in Lunel, Benjamin of Tudela (Travels, ed. Asher, 3b) relates as eye-witness that he was an ascetic ("parush") who did not attend to any worldly business, but studied day and night, kept fasts, and never ate meat.

Asher Arieli

Several of Reb Asher's students, such as Rav Eli Reznick,R Moshe Ahron Friedman,Rav Eitan Jaffan, and Rav Yosef Elefant, themselves also give lectures in Yeshivas Mir for English-speaking audiences, mainly in the Beis Yeshaya building of Mir.

Asher D

Ashley Walters (born 1982), also known as Asher D, British actor and member of So Solid Crew

Asher Swissa

Based in Israel, Asher Swissa, along with band member Assaf B-Bass, has been producing psytrance since 1998.

Avdon

The village was established in 1952 by immigrants from Iran and Tunisia, and was initially named Kfar Avdon (lit. Avdon Village) after the biblical city of Abdon in Asher tribe (Joshua 21:30), which was located in the area.

Avoca, Oklahoma

In 1901, "Old Beck," a rail spur from Shawnee, was extended to the fledgling community of Asher, Oklahoma, a few miles south.

Barbara Guggenheim

Barbara and her partner, Abigail Asher, have built collections for corporations including Coca Cola and Sony, and numerous individuals, including celebrities Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg.

Bruckmann's Illustrated Guides

Bruckmann's Illustrated Guides (1892-1916) were European travel guide books published by A. Bruckmann in Munich and Asher & Co. in London.

Christopher Asher

Asher has coached professional athletes Derek Knight (top-5 USA ranked 110mHH), Sergio Santos (1st round MLB pick for the Arizona Diamondbacks), Reuben Droughns (NFL-Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants) and Trevor Ariza (NBA- New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, L.A. Lakers).

Desert exploration

Michael Asher & Mariantonietta Peru - made the first known crossing of the Sahara from west to east, by camel and on foot, from Nouakchott, Mauretania, to Abu Simbel, Egypt, 1986-87, a distance of 4500 miles Ref: The Modern Explorers. Thames & Hudson. London 2013 Michael Asher lived for 3 years with the Kababish nomads in the Sudan.

Dikeou Collection

The first leg of exhibition space featured the work of 10 artists: Rainer Ganahl, Ester Partegas, Juan Eduardo Gómez Osorio, Giasco Bertoli, Simon Periton, Vik Muniz, Momoyo Torimitsu, Dan Asher, Lee Stoetzel, Paul Ramirez Jonas.

Dina Asher-Smith

Dina Asher Smith (born 4 December 1995) is a British sprinter who represents Blackheath and Bromley A.C. She is the 2013 European Junior Champion at 200 m and won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow as a member of the British 4 x 100m relay team.

Fredric Dannen

He is best known for his landmark book Hit Men: Powerbrokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business (1990), which investigated the behind-the-scenes dealings of the major American record labels in the 1970s and 1980s, focussing on the careers of leading CBS Records executives Walter Yetnikoff and Dick Asher.

John Atirau Asher

Asher was the 10th of 11 children - his brothers included Ernie and Albert Asher.

Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon

Judah lived on terms of intimacy with Meshullam ben Jacob and with Meshullam's two sons, Asher and Aaron, whom in his will he recommends as friends to his only son, Samuel.

Kaddish

Kaddish Shalem is a musical work by Salamone Rossi (1570-c.1628), composed for five voices in homophonic style, the very first polyphonic setting of this text, in his "Hashirim Asher L'Shomo", The Song of Solomon.

Little Theatre of Alexandria

It has played an important role in launching the careers of playwrights such as Sandra Fenichel Asher, Rich Orloff, and Jacob M. Appel.

Masoretes

The ben Asher family and the majority of the Masoretes appear to have been Karaites.

Matthew McGurk

Asher Roth later went on to sign with talent manager Scooter Braun, who also manages Justin Bieber.

MediaNews Group

In November 2006, Reilly's attorney presented to U.S. District Judge Susan Illston a letter from Hearst senior vice president James Asher to MediaNews President Jody Lodovic that said the two companies agreed to "offer national advertising and internet advertising sales for their San Francisco Bay Area newspapers on a joint basis, and to consolidate the San Francisco Bay Area distribution networks of such newspapers ...."

Mekhilta

Especially noteworthy are the haggadot relating to the battles of the Ephraimites ("Besh" p. 28b) and to Serah, Asher's daughter, who showed Joseph's coffin to Moses (ib p. 29a), besides others, which are based on old tales and legends.

Noble Society

He has produced and worked with artists, including Jahdan Blakkamoore, Sizzla, Midnite, Bajah + Dry Eye Crew, and reggae artists Pressure Buss Pipe, Lutan Fyah, Yami Bolo, Natty King, Norrisman, Khari Kill, Marlon Asher, Abijah and worked with hip hop artists, including David Banner, M1 of Dead Prez and Steele of Smif-n-Wessun.

PeakStream

PeakStream was a parallel processing software company located in Redwood Shores, California founded by Matthew Papakipos and Asher Waldfogel in April 2005 and backed by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins.

Philadelphia Sphas

Called the Sphas because the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association bought the players uniforms, the team featured many eastern U.S. top college graduates, including Harry Litwack (IJSHOF honoree), Asher, Cy Kasselman, Davey Banks, Moe Goldman (ABL MVP 1937-38), Sheky Gotthofer, Mendy Snyder, Irv Torgoff, Red Wolfe, Max Posnack, Gil Fitch, Jerry Fleishman and many others.

Secret South

Asher Edwards, daughter of David Eugene Edwards, is featured on the video for the song "Clogger."

Sydney Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth

Stern was born in London, the eldest son of Viscount David de Stern, senior partner of the firm of Stern Brothers, and Sophia, daughter of Aaron Asher Goldsmid, brother of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid.

Tim Hunt

In 1961 he was accepted into Clare College, Cambridge to study Natural Sciences, graduating in 1964 and immediately beginning work in the university Department of Biochemistry under Asher Korner, working with scientists such as Louis Reichardt and Tony Hunter.

Traveling with the Dead

Asher, who had left the secret service years ago to wed Lydia, reluctantly trails the pair to Paris, wiring Lydia to alert her to the danger.

Udayagiri Caves

Asher identified further potential political allegories in two figures depicted on one of the two projecting walls, who were female personifications of Gaṅgā and Yamunā, the rivers that flowed through the heartland of the Gupta Empire.

William Asher

In addition to Our Miss Brooks and I Love Lucy, Asher directed episodes of The Colgate Comedy Hour, Make Room for Daddy, The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), The Patty Duke Show, Gidget, The Dukes of Hazzard, and Alice.

You Me Now

Season One was written by the 2008 graduates of the acting course Toi Whakaari Esther-Rose Green, Paul Gordon Harrop, Sara Allen and Asher Smith as contracted by All The Way Home Productions with Adam Macaulay (RNZ Drama Dept Exec Prod) as script supervisor.


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