Monday, April 20, 2009

Soleil Moon Frye

Soleil Moon Frye (born August 6, 1976) is an American actress, director and screenwriter। Frye is best known for her childhood role as the title character in Punky Brewster, a television sitcom. Born in Glendora, California, Frye's father is actor Virgil Frye, and her mother is talent agent Sondra Peluce Londy। She has two half-brothers, Sean Frye and Meeno Peluce, both former child actors.[1] "Soleil" (pronounced /soʊˈleɪ/) is French for "sun".
Frye made her acting debut in the 1982 television movie Missing Children: A Mother's Story। At the age of eight, she starred in the title role of Punky Brewster, a sitcom that aired on NBC and in syndication from 1984 to 1986। She also voiced the lead role in the animated series It's Punky Brewster. After the series ended in 1986, Frye landed the lead role in the short lived 1988 sitcom Cadets. During the 1990s, she guest starred on several television series including The Wonder Years, Saved by the Bell, and Friends, and voiced characters for the animated series Tiny Toon Adventures and The Cartoon Cartoon Show.
Frye directed her second film, Sonny Boy, in 2004. The documentary film chronicles a two week trip Frye took with her father, Virgil, who has Alzheimer's disease. Sonny Boy was chosen as an official selection at the 27th Starz Denver International Film Festival[4] and won Best Documentary at the San Diego Film Festival. In 2006, she provided the voice for Jade in the animated series Bratz.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler worked to save from the Warsaw ghetto during World War II was among the 400 people attending the premier of a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie about Sendler। Renata Zajdman, one of about 2,500 Jewish children Sendler helped rescue in Poland in the 1940s, saw the film, "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler," last week at its world premier in Fort Scott।
The movie, which was scheduled to air Sunday night, is based on Sendler's life। Sendler, a social worker in Poland during World War II, led an effort to smuggle more than 2,500 of Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto. The children were given new identities and placed with Polish families and in convents.
In 1999, Sendler's story also led to the creation of the "Life in a Jar" project by a group of students from nearby Uniontown (Kan।) High School. The project is a stage play designed by the students telling Sendler's story. The play has been performed in the United States and around the world. "But this is unusual, let's face it," Conard said. "It's to the credit of the great story of Irena Sendler, it's to the credit of these young people."

Fortune 500

It was a rough year for the Fortune 500। America's 500 biggest companies earned 85% less than they did last year--from $642.2 billion to just $98.9 billion. Twice as many companies on the list had losses this year. If there are any winners in this year's Fortune 500 list, it is the oil companies। Exxon Mobil replaced Wal-Mart Stores and four of the top five on the list are in the oil/energy business।

Fortune reports that there's some good news for women in this year's Fortune 500। Fifteen Fortune 500 companies are now led by women, compared to 12 the prior year। Archer Daniels Midland, whose chief executive is Patricia Woertz, is largest of them all, at No. 27 on the list. Other high-ranking women include Angela Braly, CEO of No. 32 WellPoint; Lynn Elsenhans, CEO of No. 41 Sunoco; Indra Nooyi, head of No. 52 PepsiCo; and Irene Rosenfeld, chief of No. 53 Kraft Foods.
Wal-Mart, which reigned as No. 1 on the Fortune 500 the past two years, slipped to second place. The recession was a boon for Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500): As cash-strapped customers crowded its discount stores, the retailer's sales grew 7% to more than $406 billion. But that wasn't enough to keep up with oil-rich Exxon.
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