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'''Maria Arena Bell''' is an American novelist, television and freelance writer. She graduated from [[Northwestern University]] in 1987. In February 2007, she was appointed to the Commission on The Status of Women by California Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]. Her essays have been published in ''[[The New York Times]], Aspen Peak and C Magazine''.
{{Languages of
| country = Ukraine
| image = Native language in Ukraine.PNG{{!}}300px
| caption = Orange — [[Ukrainian language]] has an absolute majority<br />Gray — Ukrainian language's majority.<br />Blue — [[Russian language]]'s absolute majority
| official = </br>
* [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]
| unofficial =</br>
* [[Russian language|Russian]]
| main =
| regional =</br>
* [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean]] in [[Crimea]]
* [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] in 7 villages of [[Zakarpattia Oblast]]
| indigenous = <br />
* '''[[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean]]'''
* ''[[Krymchak language|Krymchak]]''
* ''[[Karaim language|Karaim]]''
* ''[[Urum language|Urum]]''
| minority = &nbsp;
{{Collapsible list
|title = 13 recognised
|
* [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]]
|
* [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]
|
* [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean]]
|
* [[Gagauz language|Gagauz]]
|
* [[German language|German]]
|
* [[Greek language|Greek]]
|
* [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
|
* [[Jewish language|Jewish]]
|
* [[Moldovan language|Moldovan]]
|
* [[Polish language|Polish]]
|
* [[Romanian language|Romanian]]
|
* [[Russian language|Russian]]
|
* [[Slovak language|Slovak]]
}}
| immigrant =
| foreign = </br>
#[[Russian language|Russian]]
#[[English language|English]]
#[[German language|German]]
#[[French language|French]]
#[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| sign = [[Ukrainian Sign Language]]
| keyboard = Cyrillic layout in [[Windows Vista]]
| keyboard image = [[Image:Keyboard layout ua vista ext.png|250px]]
| source =[[Ukrainian Census (2001)|Census-2001]]
}}
The official language of [[Ukraine]] is [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], an [[East Slavic languages|East Slavic language]] which is the native language of 67.5% of Ukraine's population. [[Russian language|Russian]] is the native language of 29.6% of Ukraine's population and the rest are native speakers of other languages. [[Ethnologue]] lists the following total of 40 minority languages and dialects: [[Abkhaz language|Abkhaz]], [[Armenian language|Armenian]], Balkan [[Romani language|Romani]], [[Baltic Romani language|Baltic Romani]], [[Bashkir language|Baskkir]], [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]], [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], [[North Central Romani|Carpathian Romani]], [[Chuvash language|Chuvash]], [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Dargin language|Dargwa]], Eastern [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]], [[Erzya language|Erzya]], [[Gagauz language|Gagauz]], [[Georgian language|Georgian]], [[Gotland]]er [[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Jakati language|Jakati]] a form of [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] from [[India]], [[Jassic]] (Yassi or Yanni) of [[Persian language|Persian]] origin, [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]], [[Lak language|Lak]], [[Latvian language|Latvian]], [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Lezgian language|Lezgian]], [[Mordvin language|Mordvian]], [[Ossetic language|Osetin]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], [[Rusyn language|Rusyn]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Slovak language|Slovak]], Standard [[German language|German]], [[Tajik language|Tajik]], [[Tatar language|Tatar]], [[Tosk Albanian]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]], Ukrainian [[sign language]], [[Urum language|Urum]], [[Vlax Romani language|Vlax Romani]] and [[Yakut language|Yakut]].


During the 2007 [[Writers Guild of America]] (WGA) strike, she took ''[[Financial core|Financial Core Status]]'' (FiCore) to become the co-[[Head Writer]] of [[CBS Daytime]]'s ''[[The Young And The Restless]]''. WGA members who have chosen to go FiCore still pay dues to the Guild but are no longer members with voting privileges. During her tenure, Y&R reached a record low of 4,380,000 viewers on Friday, June 13, 2008. The previous lows were 4,491,000 viewers on Friday, May 9, 2008, and 4,805,000 viewers on Friday, August 31, 2007.
According to Article 10 of the [[Constitution of Ukraine]] the state has an obligation to ensure the comprehensive development and functioning of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of social life throughout Ukraine while guaranteeing the free development, use and protection of the languages of Ukraine's national minorities.


Arena Bell is married to Bill Bell Jr., the eldest son of ''Y&R'' creators [[William J. Bell]] and [[Lee Phillip Bell]]. Her brother and sister in law are [[Bradley Bell]] and [[Lauralee Bell]]. She is a registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].
==See also==
*[[Ukrainian language]]
*[[Demographics of Ukraine]]
*[[Russian language in Ukraine]]


Ratings will continue to drop, unless Y&R writers bring back the Cane/Lily storyline. The one reason I was watching Y&R
<gallery>
Image:Ukr lang ukr 2001.jpg|Ukrainian
Image:Ruslangsup.PNG|Russian
Image:Map12 b.png|Understanding of Ukrainian (red column) and Russian (blue column)
Image:Crymean Tatar lang.png|[[Crimean language]] in [[Crimea]]
Image:SurzhykUseRu.PNG|[[Surzhyk]]{{Dubious}}
</gallery>


==Bibliography==
==Positions held==
''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' (''credited as Maria Arena'')
*[http://ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/language/ Linguistic composition of the population], according to the [[Ukrainian Census (2001)|Ukrainian census of 2001]]
* Script Writer (1989-1992)
*[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=UA Languages of Ukraine] by [[Ethnologue]]
*[[Creative Consultant|Fashion Consultant]] (1989)


''[[The Young and The Restless]]''
{{Ukraine topics}}
* Co-Head Writer (with [[Josh Griffith]]: December 26, 2007 - April 14, 2008)
{{Languages of Europe}}
* Co-Head Writer (with [[Josh Griffith]] & [[Scott Hamner]]: April 15, 2007 - April 21, 2008)
* Head Writer (with [[Scott Hamner]]: April 22, 2007 - May 9, 2008)
* Head Writer (May 12, 2008 - July 14, 2008)
* Head Writer (with [[Hogan Sheffer]]: July 15, 2008 - August 8, 2008)
* Head Writer (with [[Hogan Sheffer]] & [[Scott Hamner]]: August 11, 2008 - present)
*Co-Executive Producer (with [[Paul Rauch]]: October 3, 2008 - present)


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‎[[Category:Languages of Ukraine| ]]
{{succession box | before=[[Lynn Marie Latham]]<br>[[Scott Hamner]]| title=[[Head Writer]] of [[The Young And The Restless]] <br>(with [[Josh Griffith]]: 12/26/07-4/21/08)<br>{with [[Hogan Sheffer]]: 7/15/08-Present)<br>(with [[Scott Hamner]]: 8/11/08-present) | years= December 26, 2007-Present | after= incumbent |}}
[[Category:Ukrainian-speaking countries and territories| ]]
{{end box}}


==External links==
[[bn:ইউক্রেনের ভাষা]]
*[http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/5450/]
[[ru:Языки Украины]]
*[http://www.soapcentral.com/yr/news/2008/0218-latham.php]
[[uk:Мови в Україні]]
*[http://www.aspenpeak-magazine.com/contributors.php AspenPeak]
*[http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/northwestern/winter1999/winter99classnotes.htm Northwestern]
*[http://www.tv.com/maria-arena-bell/person/608040/summary.html TV Profile]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1267598/ IMDB: Maria Arena Bell]

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Revision as of 17:38, 11 October 2008

Maria Arena Bell is an American novelist, television and freelance writer. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1987. In February 2007, she was appointed to the Commission on The Status of Women by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Her essays have been published in The New York Times, Aspen Peak and C Magazine.

During the 2007 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, she took Financial Core Status (FiCore) to become the co-Head Writer of CBS Daytime's The Young And The Restless. WGA members who have chosen to go FiCore still pay dues to the Guild but are no longer members with voting privileges. During her tenure, Y&R reached a record low of 4,380,000 viewers on Friday, June 13, 2008. The previous lows were 4,491,000 viewers on Friday, May 9, 2008, and 4,805,000 viewers on Friday, August 31, 2007.

Arena Bell is married to Bill Bell Jr., the eldest son of Y&R creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell. Her brother and sister in law are Bradley Bell and Lauralee Bell. She is a registered Republican.

Ratings will continue to drop, unless Y&R writers bring back the Cane/Lily storyline. The one reason I was watching Y&R

Positions held

The Bold and the Beautiful (credited as Maria Arena)

The Young and The Restless

Preceded by Head Writer of The Young And The Restless
(with Josh Griffith: 12/26/07-4/21/08)
{with Hogan Sheffer: 7/15/08-Present)
(with Scott Hamner: 8/11/08-present)
December 26, 2007-Present 		Succeeded by
incumbent

External links

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