Weekend Marketplace is a two hour Saturday morning block of paid programming airing on Fox that began airing on January 3, 2009, replacing the 4Kids TV Saturday morning cartoon block that aired using time leased by 4Kids from Fox from 2002 until the last Saturday of 2008. The block is programmed solely with infomercials, which usually air on networks and stations during late night and early morning hours; such programming, however, has not previously been scheduled on a regular basis by a major broadcast television network.^[2]

Overview[link]

Branding and title issues[link]

Despite being carried over Fox's airwaves, the block features no Fox branding or in-house promotional advertising (or even references to the title "Weekend Marketplace") for the duration of the block and is only used mainly as a placeholder title within television listings and industry media; most stations which carry the block disregard this title when they distribute their listings to guide providers and it usually is listed as four separate segments of "paid programming" instead so that viewers aren't mislead about the content of the block. In addition, Fox has stated that it ultimately intended to have the block contain programs that resemble normal programming (albeit still prominently advertising a product), though as of September 2011 there has been no sign of this type of programming upcoming.^[2] Presently the block consists of four traditional 28.5-minute infomercials, with short-form direct response commercials at the end of each half-hour, and no local station breaks beyond a five-second station identification slot at the top of the hour.

Scheduling[link]

The block normally airs from 10:00 a.m. to noon ET/PT, the second half of the timeslot previously used for 4Kids TV; the remaining time was returned to the network's affiliates, for use to air syndicated children's programming that meets FCC-mandated E/I requirements or to add a weekend morning newscast, though many stations have chosen not to add a morning newscast due to having to fit E/I programming into the low-profile timeslots released by Fox to reduce ratings damage later in the day.^[2]

Affiliate reach[link]

The block currently airs on 95% of Fox affiliates.^[1] Most, if not all, of the stations that declined to carry 4Kids TV, such as WSVN Miami and WJBK Detroit, have similarly declined Weekend Marketplace (two of the exceptions are WJW Cleveland and KTBC Austin, both of which now air the infomercial block after having declined Fox Kids / Fox Box / 4Kids TV for many years). However, it does not appear that all of the non-Fox stations that picked up 4Kids TV in such markets have continued with the infomercial block (WMYD Detroit airs it, but KASW Phoenix, WBFS Miami, WBNX Cleveland and WMLW-CA Milwaukee have declined it).

KMYS in San Antonio, which switched from MyNetworkTV to The CW in September 2010, continued to carry the block in lieu of Fox sister station KABB and instead airs that network's children's block, Toonzai (also programmed by 4Kids Entertainment) during overnight periods inaccessible to most children, likely as the station was unable to revoke the deal to carry Weekend Marketplace.

References[link]

External links[link]

• WorldLink

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Jim Rohn (September 17, 1930 - December 5, 2009) was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. His rags to riches story played a large part in his work, which influenced others in the personal development industry.

Early life[link]

Emanuel James "Jim" Rohn was born in Yakima, Washington to Emanuel and Clara Rohn. The Rohns owned and worked a farm in Caldwell, Idaho where Jim grew up, as an only child.

Career[link]

Jim graduated from high school 3rd out of a class of 140. He went to college for a year and a half before dropping out and joining the work force. At age 25, according to his accounts, he was working as a stock clerk for Sears collecting a weekly $57 paycheck. He wasn't broke but struggling financially, unable to see a way that would lead to his personal ambitions.^{[citation needed]} Around this time, a friend invited him to a lecture given by John Earl Shoaff, an entrepreneur who impressed Rohn with his wealth, business accomplishments, charisma, and life philosophy. At that time, Shoaff was VP of Sales in a nutritional supplement company called AbundaVita. In October 1955, Rohn joined AbundaVita and began a process of personal development that culminated in his becoming a millionaire by age 31. Shoaff, who had challenged Rohn at age 25 to reach for this goal, died one year before Rohn achieved it at age 31.

Rohn was invited by a friend to come and tell his "rags-to-riches" story to his rotary club. He accepted and titled his talk "Idaho farm boy makes it to Beverly Hills." The talk went so well that soon others began asking him to speak at various luncheons and other events. In 1963, at the Beverly Hills Hotel, he gave his first public seminar. He then began presenting seminars all over the country, telling his story and teaching the personal development philosophy he felt had led to his accomplishments.

Throughout the '70s, Rohn conducted a number of seminars for the management and employees of the Marketing Dept. of Standard Oil (California) which now does business as Chevron Corporation. At the same time, he conducted a personal development business called "Adventures in Achievement" which featured both live seminars as well as personal development workshops. Ultimately, he presented seminars worldwide for more than 40 years.

Tony Robbins who worked for Rohn in the late '70s, was mentored by Rohn during the early years of his career. Others who credit Rohn for his influence on their careers include authors Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup book series), author/lecturer Brian Tracy, T. Harv Eker, author/teacher Vincent's Genesius Evans, from Indonesia. Rohn's last protege was leadership/motivational speaker Chris Widener, who continues Rohn's legacy teaching Twelve Pillars Seminars based on Widener and Rohn's book (Rohn's last), the Twelve Pillars of Success. Widener and Rohn worked together from 2002 until Mr. Rohn's death.

Rohn was the recipient of the 1985 National Speakers Association CPAE Award for excellence in speaking. He is also the author of 17 different books, audio and video programs.

Death[link]

Jim Rohn died of pulmonary fibrosis after an 18-month battle on December 5, 2009 in West Hills, California.^[1]

[edit] Five Major Pieces To the Life Puzzle

Rohn's book Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle, published in 1991,^[2] was built around what he considered the five components of success:

• Philosophy - how you think
• Attitude - how you feel
• Action - what you do
• Results - measure often to see if you are making progress
• Lifestyle - the kind of life you can make for yourself out of the first four pieces

See also[link]

• Personal development
• Motivational speaking

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jim Rohn official website
• Jim Rohn official FaceBook page
• Jim Rohn's biography at Woopidoo biographies
• 70 Jim Rohn Quotations at BrainyQuote.com

View of the Sonoma Valley

Sonoma Valley is the birthplace of the California wine industry and often called The Valley of the Moon. Sonoma Valley is home to some of the earliest vineyards and wineries in the state, some of which survived the phylloxera epidemic of the 1870s and the impact of Prohibition. Its wineries are generally well prepared for receiving tourists, and Sonoma Valley offers a wide range of year-round festivals and events, including the prestigious Sonoma International Film Festival. Today, this small valley's wines are protected by the US Federal Government's Sonoma Valley and Carneros AVAs (or American Viticultural Areas).

Geography[link]

The valley is located in southeastern Sonoma County between the Mayacamas Mountains and Sonoma Mountains. It stretches from San Pablo Bay in the south to the city of Santa Rosa in the north. Sonoma Creek flows down the valley to the bay. The area includes the incorporated city of Sonoma and part of the City of Santa Rosa, as well as numerous unincorporated communities, including Kenwood and Glen Ellen near Santa Rosa and, near Sonoma, El Verano, Boyes Hot Springs, Fetters Hot Springs, and Agua Caliente.

History[link]

Once a valley of the coastal Miwok, Pomo and Wintun peoples, called the Valley of the Moon in their legends, the valley was selected by the Franciscan order of Spain as the site to build the Mission San Francisco Solano, the northernmost mission in their chain of twenty-one missions built in Alta California. Established in 1823 and named to honor St. Francis Solanus, Mission Solano was the sole California mission established under the rule of a newly-independent Mexico. Within two generations of the Spaniards' arrival, however, the indigenous societies of the region were dispossessed of their land and decimated by diseases to which Europeans were resistant. Soon after the Sonoma mission was built, it was secularized by the Mexican government, and, under the orders of Lieutenant, later General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, el Pueblo de Sonoma (the town of Sonoma) was laid out in the standard form of a Mexican town,^{[citation needed]} centered around the historic plaza, which is still the town's focal point. The raising of the first California Bear Flag and Vallejo's arrest in 1846 by a band of Americans claiming to act on the orders of Col. John C. Fremont was the initial act that founded the Bear Flag Republic.^{[citation needed]} Vallejo later transferred his allegiance with US statehood (1850), and with his amassed land holdings guided the development of the town and dispensed large ranches throughout the valley.^{[citation needed]} California's first wineries were established here, including Buena Vista Winery (1857) and Gundlach Bundschu (1858).

The other communities in the valley, such as Kenwood, Glen Ellen, Schellville, and Boyes Hot Springs, were founded later in the 19th century, some as resorts centered on the geothermic hot springs that still well up from deep within the earth. Boyes Hot Springs and Agua Caliente were popular health retreats for tourists from San Francisco and points beyond until the middle of the 20th century. Today the Sonoma Mission Inn in Boyes Hot Springs remains as a main destination resort, and the wineries, the historic sites, and the area's natural beauty are the main tourist attractions.

The Valley of the Moon (legend)[link]

The phrase Valley of the Moon was first recorded in an 1850 report by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo to the California Legislature.^[1]

According to Jack London, who had a ranch there, the Native American word Sonoma means Valley of the Moon. He used it for his book of the same name. But there are several other possible translations for Sonoma (see Sonoma County, California). According to the Miwok tribes that lived in the valley, and the Pomo, it meant "valley of the moon" or "many moons". White settlers may have accidentally translated the words "many moons" into "valley of moons". Miwok legends say that the moon seemingly rose from this valley, or was "nestled" in the valley, or may have even sprung up multiple times in one night.^[2]

Geology[link]

The Sonoma Valley is part of the Coast Range Physiographic provence. Basement rocks that make up the valley at great depth are the Great Valley Sequence shale, sandstone and conglomerate deposited in a continental slope- to abysmal plain environment via turbidite flows. The Cretaceous Great Valley Sequence overlies and contacts the Franciscan Complex along the Coast Range Thrust. The Jurassic-Cretaceous Franciscan Complex includes crumpled, uplifted terranes that have resulted from the subduction of the former oceanic Farallon Plate under the North American continent. During late Miocene-Pliocene time (~10 to ~4 million years) the area was attended by volcanism (Late Miocene Tolay Volcanics and Late Miocene - Pliocene Sonoma Volcanics) which are interbedded with the late Miocene-Pliocene Petaluma Formation. The (~9 to 4 million year old) Petaluma Formation was a fresh-water river system flowing from east to west and through the volcanics. At that time, volcanic lava flows and river sands and gravels were actively deposited together, hence "interbedded lavas and gravels". The volcanoes may have been similar to island arcs. The Petaluma Formation is found in outcrop from Sears Point to Santa Rosa (through Sonoma Mountain) and as far west as Cotati where it interfingers with a marine sandstone called the Wilson Grove Formation. Gravels in the Petaluma Formation did not come from rocks located in Napa, but have been sourced to mountains east of San Jose, California. This does not mean rivers flowed northward from San Jose to Sonoma; rather, strike-slip movement along the Hayward-Sonoma Valley-Carneros fault system has dislocated present-day Sonoma County north and away from the mountains in San Jose where the basin formed.

The valley is drained by Sonoma Creek, whose headwaters rise in Sugarloaf Mountain State Park and discharge into the San Pablo Bay at the Napa Sonoma Marsh. Some of the principal tributaries to Sonoma Creek are Yulupa Creek, Graham Creek, Calabazas Creek, Bear Creek, Schell Creek and Carriger Creek.

Hydrogeology[link]

In the spring of 2006, the United States Geological Survey in conjunction with the Sonoma County Water Agency completed a comprehensive basin-wide groundwater study to characterize groundwater resources in the Sonoma Valley. The report can be obtained on the USGS publications website. Currently, a Basin Advisory Panel, composed of stakeholders from agriculture, environmental groups, domestic well owners, municipalities and government is working to develop a groundwater management plan to protect groundwater resources in the valley.

Points of interest[link]

• Quarryhill Botanic Garden
• Mission San Francisco Solano
• Jack London State Historic Park
• Sonoma State Historic Park
• Sonoma Creek
• Wine Country
• 'The Sonoma Plaza' (The Town Square) and on the Official National Registry of Historic Sites
• Blue Wing Inn of 1840, where such notable guests, according to local tradition, included John C. Frémont, U. S. Grant, Governor Pío Pico, Kit Carson, Fighting Joe Hooker, William T. Sherman, Phil Sheridan, and members of the Bear Flag Party.
• General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Home: Official residence of the last Spanish Governor.
• Presidio of Sonoma adobe:
• Toscono Hotel
• Swiss Hotel - Adobe structure and original home of Vallejo's brother, located on 'The Square' (see link below)
• Sebastiani Theatre - A historical theatre built in 1933 by Samuele Sebastiani as a movie house.
• Sonoma TrainTown Railroad - miniature amusement park
• Depot Park

See also[link]

• Category:Sonoma County wineries
• Sonoma Valley Film Festival
• Infineon Raceway
• The Valley of the Moon (novel)

References[link]

Kroeber, A. L., Handbook of the Indians of California (New York 1976 - reprint of Bulletin 78 of the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution 1925)

External links[link]

• Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau
• Overview of Sonoma County geology
• Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Sonoma Valley Film Festival
• Sonoma Valley Wiki
• List of Sonoma Wineries with Free Tastings

Coordinates: 38°22′N 122°30′W / 38.367°N 122.5°W / 38.367; -122.5

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