by neufer » Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:55 am
APOD Robot wrote:
Launch of a Delta IV Heavy
Pictured above is the second launch of the Delta IV Heavy from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA in 2007, and the first night launch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Burke wrote:
Herbert L. Becker (right)
<<Delta Ramona Leah Burke (born July 30, 1956) is an American television and film actress. Burke was born in Orlando, Florida to a single mother, Jean. Frederick Burke, an Orlando realtor, adopted her after marrying her mother. In her senior year of high school, she won the Miss Florida title for 1974; she was the youngest Miss Florida titleholder in pageant history. In 1974, as part of winning Miss Florida, Delta appeared on the ABC TV show Bozo the Clown, filmed in Orlando Florida. She worked as the magical assistant to
Herbert L. Becker for 6 months.
Her best-known role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in Designing Women was created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason. Burke was slender when she started on Designing Women in 1986, but as the show gained in fame, she gained weight. In 1989, Burke asked Thomason to write an episode addressing her weight. The episode, "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?", had Suzanne Sugarbaker going to her 15-year high school reunion and getting her feelings hurt after hearing disparaging remarks about her weight. This episode is said to have earned Burke her first Emmy nomination as Best Actress. Burke briefly became a blond for the short-lived TV sitcom Delta (1992), where she played an aspiring country singer.
Burke recently lost about 60 pounds, due to her nearly 10-year battle with type-2 diabetes. She says she plans to keep on losing weight to remain healthy, as well as to improve her prospects for playing "Truvy" in the Broadway production of Steel Magnolias, a role that required her to be more slender. She recently played Bella Horowitz during a 5 episode arc on Boston Legal as a former flame of William Shatner's character, Denny Crane in season three. Burke is a very successful designer and manager of the clothing company Delta Burke Design, headquartered in New York City.
Burke has compulsive hoarding syndrome, for which she received therapy. "At one time I had 27 storage units. I don't have a big enough house!" she said. "My mom had it, it's my mother's fault. She saved the diaper I came home from the hospital in!">>
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Pictured above is the second launch of the Delta IV Heavy from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA in 2007, and the first night launch.[/quote]
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Herbert L. Becker (right)[/float]<<Delta Ramona Leah Burke (born July 30, 1956) is an American television and film actress. Burke was born in Orlando, Florida to a single mother, Jean. Frederick Burke, an Orlando realtor, adopted her after marrying her mother. In her senior year of high school, she won the Miss Florida title for 1974; she was the youngest Miss Florida titleholder in pageant history. In 1974, as part of winning Miss Florida, Delta appeared on the ABC TV show Bozo the Clown, filmed in Orlando Florida. She worked as the magical assistant to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_L._Becker]Herbert L. Becker[/url] for 6 months.
Her best-known role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in Designing Women was created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason. Burke was slender when she started on Designing Women in 1986, but as the show gained in fame, she gained weight. In 1989, Burke asked Thomason to write an episode addressing her weight. The episode, "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?", had Suzanne Sugarbaker going to her 15-year high school reunion and getting her feelings hurt after hearing disparaging remarks about her weight. This episode is said to have earned Burke her first Emmy nomination as Best Actress. Burke briefly became a blond for the short-lived TV sitcom Delta (1992), where she played an aspiring country singer.
Burke recently lost about 60 pounds, due to her nearly 10-year battle with type-2 diabetes. She says she plans to keep on losing weight to remain healthy, as well as to improve her prospects for playing "Truvy" in the Broadway production of Steel Magnolias, a role that required her to be more slender. She recently played Bella Horowitz during a 5 episode arc on Boston Legal as a former flame of William Shatner's character, Denny Crane in season three. Burke is a very successful designer and manager of the clothing company Delta Burke Design, headquartered in New York City.
Burke has compulsive hoarding syndrome, for which she received therapy. "At one time I had 27 storage units. I don't have a big enough house!" she said. "My mom had it, it's my mother's fault. She saved the diaper I came home from the hospital in!">>[/quote]