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Michael J. Behe is an American biochemist, author, and intelligent design advocate. He currently serves as professor of biochemistry at Lehigh... University in Pennsylvania and as a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. Behe is best known for his argument for irreducible complexity, which asserts that some biochemical structures are too complex to be adequately explained by known evolutionary mechanisms and are therefore more probably the result of intelligent design. Behe has testified in several court cases related to intelligent design, including the court case Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District that resulted in a ruling that intelligent design was religious in nature. Behe's claims about the irreducible complexity of essential cellular structures have been rejected by the vast majority of the scientific community, and his own biology department at Lehigh University published an official statement opposing Behe's views and intelligent design. Behe is a Roman Catholic, and is married to Celeste Behe, and they have nine children who are homeschooled by Celeste in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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Nancy Jane Kulp was an American character actress best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies. Kulp... was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the only child of Robert I. Kulp, a traveling salesman, and his wife, Marjorie S. Kulp. The family moved from Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, to Dade County, Florida, prior to 1935. Kulp obtained her bachelor's degree in journalism from Florida State University in 1943, then known as Florida State College for Women, worked on a master's degree in English and French at the University of Miami, and was a member of Pi Beta Phi Women's Fraternity. In the early 1940s she also was a feature writer for the Miami Beach Tropics newspaper, writing profiles of celebrities such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Clark Gable. In 1944 Kulp left the University of Miami to volunteer for United States Naval Reserve service in World War II. As a member of the WAVES , Ltjg. Kulp received several decorations, including the American Campaign Medal, the National Defense Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. She left the service in 1946.
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Richard Kinard Sanders is an American actor best known for playing the quirky news anchorman Les Nessman on the television sitcom, WKRP in... Cincinnati. Sanders was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Thelma S. and Henry Irvine Sanders. He was enrolled in the Fine Arts Department at Carnegie Institute of Technology as an acting major from 1958-62. There he was a classmate of Rene Auberjonois and Aubrey Wilson, among others. After graduation, Sanders studied Shakespearean theatre in England on a Fulbright Scholarship, and served a stint with the Peace Corps in Brazil. Sanders joined Gordon Jump and Frank Bonner in reprising his original WKRP role on The New WKRP in Cincinnati in the early 1990s. He has guest appeared on other television shows, including Lou Grant, Kojak, The Rockford Files, Alice, Newhart, Murder, She Wrote and Marriedwith Children, and has also acted in the mini-series Roots: The Next Generations and the Robert De Niro/Cuba Gooding Jr. film Men of Honor. Besides being an actor, Sanders is a screenwriter, having written, among other works, several episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati.
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Stacey Williams is an American fashion model. Originally from Dallas, Pennsylvania she moved to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania at the age of 13 and is... a graduate of Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg. Stacey was featured in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues from 1992 to 1998. She was also in the 40th anniversary issue in 2004 as part of SI's Hall of Fame. She has also appeared in minor films such as The Dogwalker and Gangster World, and she had a brief role in the feature film, Jerry Maguire. Sonic Youth mention her and other Sports Illustrated models in their song "Swimsuit Issue".
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Art Davis was a double-bassist, known for his work with various seminal jazz musicians including Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie,... and Max Roach. Davis was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he began studying the piano at the age of 5, switched to tuba, and finally to bass while attending high school. He studied at Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music but graduated from Hunter College As a busy New York session musician, he recorded with many pop artists and has also worked in classical symphony orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Art Davis was a professor at Orange Coast College. Performing with bassist Reggie Workman in Coltrane's group, Davis pioneered the use of two basses in a jazz combo setting. Davis is also known for launching a legal case which led to the current system of blind auditions for orchestras Davis earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from New York University in 1982. He moved to southern California in 1986 where he balanced his teaching and practicing of psychology with jazz performances. Davis died on July 29, 2007 from a heart attack. He was survived by two sons and a daughter.
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Tari Signor is an American actress. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Signor has appeared off-Broadway in Death Defying Acts , Mr. Peters'... Connections , Troilus and Cressida , and Scattergood . Signor was a regular in the role of Margaret Cochran on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live in 2004 and 2005, and made extended appearances in 2006. Signor made two appearances on the show in 2008, on January 17 and December 18. Signor's other television credits include Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Third Watch. She also has been featured in commercials for products such as 7Up and Midol. Signor's feature film credits include Rudy Blue and The Doghouse.
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Nancy Jane Kulp was an American character actress best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies. Kulp... was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the only child of Robert I. Kulp, a traveling salesman, and his wife, Marjorie S. Kulp. The family moved from Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, to Dade County, Florida, prior to 1935. Kulp obtained her bachelor's degree in journalism from Florida State University in 1943, then known as Florida State College for Women, worked on a master's degree in English and French at the University of Miami, and was a member of Pi Beta Phi Women's Fraternity. In the early 1940s she also was a feature writer for the Miami Beach Tropics newspaper, writing profiles of celebrities such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Clark Gable. In 1944 Kulp left the University of Miami to volunteer for United States Naval Reserve service in World War II. As a member of the WAVES , Ltjg. Kulp received several decorations, including the American Campaign Medal, the National Defense Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. She left the service in 1946.
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Richard Kinard Sanders is an American actor best known for playing the quirky news anchorman Les Nessman on the television sitcom, WKRP in... Cincinnati. Sanders was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Thelma S. and Henry Irvine Sanders. He was enrolled in the Fine Arts Department at Carnegie Institute of Technology as an acting major from 1958-62. There he was a classmate of Rene Auberjonois and Aubrey Wilson, among others. After graduation, Sanders studied Shakespearean theatre in England on a Fulbright Scholarship, and served a stint with the Peace Corps in Brazil. Sanders joined Gordon Jump and Frank Bonner in reprising his original WKRP role on The New WKRP in Cincinnati in the early 1990s. He has guest appeared on other television shows, including Lou Grant, Kojak, The Rockford Files, Alice, Newhart, Murder, She Wrote and Marriedwith Children, and has also acted in the mini-series Roots: The Next Generations and the Robert De Niro/Cuba Gooding Jr. film Men of Honor. Besides being an actor, Sanders is a screenwriter, having written, among other works, several episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati.
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Art Davis was a double-bassist, known for his work with various seminal jazz musicians including Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie,... and Max Roach. Davis was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he began studying the piano at the age of 5, switched to tuba, and finally to bass while attending high school. He studied at Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music but graduated from Hunter College As a busy New York session musician, he recorded with many pop artists and has also worked in classical symphony orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Art Davis was a professor at Orange Coast College. Performing with bassist Reggie Workman in Coltrane's group, Davis pioneered the use of two basses in a jazz combo setting. Davis is also known for launching a legal case which led to the current system of blind auditions for orchestras Davis earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from New York University in 1982. He moved to southern California in 1986 where he balanced his teaching and practicing of psychology with jazz performances. Davis died on July 29, 2007 from a heart attack. He was survived by two sons and a daughter.
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Carmen Finestra is an American producer and TV writer who currently is partnered with Matt Williams and David McFadzean in Wind Dancer Productions,... a firm which Finestra also co-owns. For Wind Dancer, he has produced or executive produced Where the Heart Is, Firelight, Soul Man, Thunder Alley and Home Improvement. Finestra was born to Italian immigrants in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and initially attended a seminary college for two years to become a Catholic priest before transferring to Pennsylvania State, where he earned his BA in 1971. After a stint as an Off-Broadway actor, Finestra turned to writing for the likes of Johnny Cash and Steve Martin. Finestra's big break came when he began writing for The Cosby Show in 1984, where he would remain until 1990, leaving the show as supervising producer. Finestra received two Emmy nominations as one of the producers of The Cosby Show and another Emmy nomination for co-writing an episode of the hit series. He also did three guest star appearances on The Cosby Show .
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Eric Harry Timothy Mabius is an American actor known for his work as Daniel Meade on the ABC television series Ugly Betty. He also worked on the... Showtime series The L Word and in the films Resident Evil and Cruel Intentions. Mabius was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Elizabeth and Craig Mabius. His father worked as a historian preserving the Historic Allaire Village. He has a brother, Craig. Mabius is Roman Catholic and has Irish, Austrian and Polish ancestry. After attending Amherst Regional High School, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he was voted "Most Dramatic Boy" as a senior, he enrolled in Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where he pursued studies in film. Mabius wed Ivy Sherman in January 2006; the two first met in high school during a health education class. They have two sons: Maxfield Elliot was born on June 24, 2006 and Rylan Jaxson was born on December 7, 2008. Mabius began his career in the indie films Welcome to the Dollhouse in 1995, and I Shot Andy Warhol, alongside Lili Taylor, in 1996.
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Eric Martsolf is an American television actor and singer best known for his role as Ethan Winthrop in the NBC soap opera Passions from 2002 to 2008.... He is currently playing the role of Brady Black on NBC's Days of our Lives. Martsolf sang on a Hawaiian cruise ship for a year and has modeled for over 50 designers, companies, and businesses. He was a radio broadcaster for WDCV 88.3FM and was a singer/dancer at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania for four years and also performed at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. He has a degree in Political Science from Dickinson College. He has been an Assistant Director and a Guest Artist for Children's Theatre Experience. Martsolf portrayed Ethan Winthrop on NBC's Passions from July 2002 until the series' cancellation in August 2008. Martsolf had auditioned for the role of Ethan before the show began. And, before he was Ethan, he was on the show for one episode as a Cop. He was voted favorite actor on Passions for more than 80 weeks in a row in Soap Opera Digest. Martsolf made his first appearance in the role of Brady Black on Days of our Lives on November 13, 2008.
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