Feedback on "Lisa Tolliver On Air and Online: May 5 is Cinco de Mayo (an historical holiday) and this month's Bonza Bottler Day (a marketer's dream)"

Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:36:41 EDT
Subject: Bonza Bottler Day Originator & Thanks

Dear Ms. Tolliver -

I read your Cinco de Mayo - Super Bonza Bottler Day article and was thrilled. Years ago a friend started this monthly holiday. I first read about it in our local newspaper and also read in the same article a disturbing point. My friend and the originator of the holiday, Elaine Freemont, was killed in a traffic accident. I, and the world, gained a great monthly holiday and at the same time I learned of it, I found I had lost a friend.

Following is the link to an article that describes acurately Elaine's idea of the celebration. Upon searching further, another article states that Elaine had this registered in Washington. (?) Elaine was a super person that enjoyed life without the desire or need of alcohol, etc. She had the Lord and His spirit and joy in her life and I look forward to the days I'll see her again.

http://www.expressionsofsoul.com/article-Maureen-AreYouReady.htm

I felt compelled to write you to clear up the authorship, and also to thank you for mentioning it. After first reading in our paper about the holiday, I never forgot the concept - however, I did forget the strange name and I have you to thank for bringing that to light - THANK YOU!

Happy Bonza Bottler Days!

Debbie Knebel
www.GoDebGo.com

NOTE FROM LMT: The article and Debbie's feedback are also published at BlogCritics.org.

How my radio shows, publications and PSAs in June 2006 - the 10th anniversary of National Safety Month - will help make the world a safer place

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY - I know the title sounds egotistical. That's not the intention. The wording responds to the National Safety Council question: "How are you making the world a safer place?" To see for yourself, click the link in the paragraph below:

We would like to hear how you are using National Safety Month information and materials to promote safety in your workplace, home, or community. Please submit your comments [here].

As the National Safety Month Planners Space explains, 2006 is the 10th anniversary of National Safety Month.

Our 10th anniversary theme, Making our world a safer place, reflects the National Safety Council’s mission to prevent accidental injury and death by educating and influencing people to adopt and maintain safe and healthy practices and behaviors in all aspects of their lives. Throughout the month, 2006 National Safety Month activities will address safety risks and include injury prevention tips applicable to the workplace, driving, and the home and community. MORE...

The National Safety Month Planners Space also publishes an Injury Facts Challenge that visitors can post on their Web spaces (as I will next week) and the response rate to the question that inspired this article. The ratio as of this posting, of 17 comments to 1,829 views, might suggest at first glance that site visitors are a voyeuristic bunch. But as I caution my students: figures can lie, liars figure and all data must be evaluated cautiously. In this case, some would-be respondents might have encountered the same site malfunction that thwarted my submission and prompted me to answer the question here and in an email to the National Safety Council.

Here's how my radio shows, publications and PSAs in June 2006 - the 10th anniversary of National Safety Month - will help make the world a safer place. My broadcasts this month featuring Flavor Flav (on June 14 from 1-2 pm - click here to read, "Lettin' you know what time is: Flavor Flav will guest, playwright Ray Aydelott will co-host on the 6/14/06 SCORE Radio & Lisa Tolliver Shows"), Westchester Emergency Volunteer Reserves-Medical Reserve Corps (WEVR-MRC, on June 14 and 28 between 1:30 and 2:00 PM) and Boy Scouts of America (BSA, on June 28 between 1:30 and 2:00 PM) will ensure that Whitney Radio listeners are well informed about National Safety month. Listeners will learn about BSA's emergency preparedness products for home, auto and office that are available at ReadyScout.com and hear emergency preparedness and safety tips provided by Marianne Partridge of WEVR-MRC. WEVR-MRC Emergency Preparedness & Safety Tips - which could mean the difference between life and death during a disaster or emergency - air on the Lisa Tolliver Show every 2nd and 4th Wednesday between 1:30-2:00 PM, Eastern Time and post online at Emergency Preparedness & Safety Tips.

Listeners worldwide can hear and share in the broadcasts by tuning their radios to WVOX AM 1460 (in the Tri-State NY, NJ,CT region), listening live online at www.wvox.com, or phoning the studio call-in line: (01) 914 636 0110. Additional information is posted before and after each broadcast Lisa Tolliver On Air and Online at lisatolliver.blogspot.com. More details about the WVOX, the shows, SCORE and me are available online at the following websites: www.wvox.com, www.scorewestchester.com, www.score.org/volunteer_tolliver and www.lisatolliver.com.

My work this month reflects my background as a former Girl Scout (the organization's motto is "Be prepared") and current affiliations with WEVR-MRC (as a media partner and trainee) and with the Federal Safety and Health Council/Hudson Valley (as a corporate partner via my firm, 360 MERIDIAN, LLC).

Now here's a question for you: How are you making the world a safer place? You may submit comments here, as well as photos, announcements and links to your audio or video blog and/or to phone WVOX when I'm on air at (01) 914.636.0110. Show the world that you know what time it is! If you're listening, we're listening...talk with us! ###

Response to Carnival of the Stars comment on Flavor Flav's rescheduled "Lisa Tolliver Show" appearance

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY - Thank you, Don Surber, for your May 6, 2006 posting on Carnival of the Stars:

Finally, Lisa Tolliver updates her radio schedule. Announcement of Flavor Flav's change in radio interview dates until June and synopsis of his VH1 Flavor of Love surreality show. Bummer. You would think a man with a clock dangling from his neck all the time would be easier to schedule.

I always welcome a good chuckle. I hope you'll join us on June 14 on New York Radio WVOX 1460 AM, online at www.wvox.com or via call-in line at (01) 914.636.0110. Click here for details about the upcoming show.

Lettin' you know what time is: Flavor Flav will guest, playwright Ray Aydelott will co-host on the 6/14/06 SCORE Radio & Lisa Tolliver Shows

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY - Imagine if these Public Enemy albums foretold audience response to Flav's imminent guest spot.

• Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987) - Click here to read the distinction between "bum rush" and "bum's rush."
• It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back (1988)

This update might whet your appetite. Hopefully, it will also cure any bitterness caused by the April 13 post subtitled, "Flav postpones April 26 Lisa Tolliver Show appearance until June to promote new project." I'd promised: "Not to worry, I'll let you know what time it is." And true to my word, I'm telling you now.

• What: Flav - Public Enemy's "Black-chelor" - will join playwright Ray Aydelott and me
• On air: New York Radio WVOX AM 1460
• Online: www.wvox.com
• The date: June 14, 2006
• The time: 1:00 - 1:45 p.m., Eastern Time

Join us. Flav's got news about his upcoming projects, and maybe Ray will grant permission to tattle about happenings afoot at the Lisa Tolliver Show that he's involved with. Ultimately, as Ray said on air February 8, all will come out of the darkness and into the light.

To avoid telling (too many) tales out of school, I'll just share this. B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on May 7 was jumpin': Ray hung backstage with old friends and new, Public Enemy, Melee Mel and other old school rappers performed, Ice-T emceed and VH1 was rollin' tape for a new reality show. Rap School, hosted by Ice-T and produced by VH1 and RDF Media, will premier September 1, just in time for the fall semester. The show will teach upper East Side preppies to do more than crack the books, learn dead languages, and get their knuckles rapped for playing around. Rather, Rap School participants will learn a new form of expression - bustin' rhymes, study rap history and culture, and practice the deportment of serious playas. Flip through the Rap School Photo Album to see students profiling, signing and demonstrating the gangsta lean.

Join Ray and me on June 14 when we discuss Rap School, Flavor of Love 2 - Flav's new VH1 reality show, and more! As usual, you can hear and share - from anywhere - by phoning the studio at (01) 914 636 0110. ###

The May 24, 2006 “Lisa Tolliver Show” features: Hurricane Preparedness Week, World Trade Week, Silver Screen Summary and Word of the Day

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY - Join my guests and me on Wednesday, May 24 at 1:30-2:00 p.m., Eastern Time on New York Radio WVOX AM 1460 and www.wvox.com. Come participate in our interactive celebration of:

• National Hurricane Week - With Sidique Marshall, Product Development Coordinator at the Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America and Emergency Preparedness & Safety Tip #5 - HURRICANE AWARENESS & SAFETY provided by Marianne Partridge, Director of the Westchester Emergency Volunteer Reserves - Medical Reserve Corps (WEVR-MRC). This and other advice is available online at the Emergency Preparedness and Safety Tips blog.
• World Trade Week (WTW) - With WTW New York City Core Steering Committee Member, Nancy Ploeger (who works for the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce) and yours truly, a Friend of World Trade Week NYC 2006. (Click the link to learn what it means to be a Friend of WTW NYC.)
• Silver Screen Summary - with filmmaker Emanuel Rund (who's in NYC scouting films for the Munich Film Festival) and attorney Joseph Dimyan, Esq.

You can hear and share, from anywhere, via radio at WVOX AM 1460, online at www.wvox.com or call-in line at (01) 914 636 0110. If you're listening, we're listening. Talk with us!###

How to access an article coauthored by Marianne Partridge and me - "National Hurricane Awareness Week: Trends, Tips, and Tools" - at Blogcritics.org

ABSTRACT: These resources can make the difference between life and death during a disaster or emergency. Filed under: Culture, Culture: History, Culture: Media, Politics: Energy and Environment

Want to read more? You may click here to read the article published at Blogcritics.org and here to read other articles that my colleagues and I have published at that sinister [but critically and popularly acclaimed] cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, technology, and politics.

World Trade Week 2006 is May 22 - 26

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY - World Trade Week is a national celebration proclaimed each year by the president of the United States. Independent organizations in cities around the country each celebrate in their own way. One of those is New York City: one of the premier centers for trade, culture, business, tourism and immigration worldwide.

In the Big Apple the New York District Export Council, in conjunction with Partner Organizations and Friends (such as Lisa Tolliver, a Principal at 360 MERIDIAN ), have organized an intensive week of World Trade Week New York City programs and events. These include in-depth discussions about emerging opportunities, issues of concern, government policy, logistics, and branding. Presenters include business leaders and government officials from the U.S. and around the world. Networking opportunities are also plentiful. Visit the World Trade Week New York City calendar to see the full week of events.

Here is a sample of organizations that are offering World Trade Week programs and import-export resources:

• Asian-American Business Development Center
• Business.gov - International Trade
• Business Council for International Understanding
• China Institute
• Export-Import Bank

• Federation of International Trade Associations
• Global Business Association (GBA)
• Global Business Roundtable
• Global Trade & Technology Center
• Mid-Atlantic Russia Business Council

• National Foreign Trade Council
• NEXCO
• NYC Economic Development Corporation
• Organization of Women in International Trade
• Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC)

• United Nations
• US Department of Commerce
• U.S. / Mexico Chamber of Commerce
• U.S. Small Business Administration
• U.S. Small Business Administration Office of International Trade

• Women in International Trade
• The World Trade Council of Westchester
• WorldTradeWeek.com [Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce]
• The World Trade Week Organization
• World Trade Week New York City ###
  
  

Happy Mother's Day!

Need a Mother's Day gift idea?

The enclosed Microsoft clip art should inspire you.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY - Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and godmothers! Many websites provide the history of Mother's Day, ideas for gifts and other ways to honor mothers, and resources for purchasing, sending and communicating those remembrances. One such site is Wikipedia, which states:

Mother's Day is a holiday honoring mothers, celebrated (on various days) in many places around the world. Mothers often receive gifts on this day.

Mother's Day is a busy time of year for mail in many countries. In 1973, the U.S. Postal Service was held up for eight days because of the amount of mail. Telephone networks are also at their busiest on Mother's Day.

Thankfully, my mother received her gift yesterday and loved it. I am also thankful to have had opportunities to know and spend time with my great grandmothers, grandmothers, godmother and aunts, only two of whom are still living. Each of those great ladies is fondly remembered today. Please join me in prayer for my great aunt Mary (who is 105 years old) and aunt Bernice, who are both hospitalized.

Two years ago, my mother participated in a Mother's Day special broadcast that I hosted on Trends, Tips & Tools for Everyday Living. (It aired on New York Radio WVOX.) Here are some of the Mother's Day fun facts we covered and a few others:

• Books about mothers [e.g., My Mother / My Self: The Daughter's Search for Identity (by Nancy Friday) and Mother's Day (by Anne Rockwell, Lizzy Rockwell (Illustrator)]
• Drinks named for mothers (e.g., Bahama Mama)
• Famous mothers (e.g., Mother Nature, Mother Theresa, the Queen Mother and the Virgin Mary)
• Famous childhood mother icons (e.g., the Cinderella's evil stepmother, fairy godmothers)
• Famous sculptures (e.g., Michelangelo's Pieta)
• Literature referencing mother's wit [e.g., Mother Hubberds Tale (Beg amongst those that beggers doo defie. ... For whatsoeuer mother wit, or arte Could worke, he put in proofe: no practise slie) and William Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice Page 23 (That were a kinde of bastard hope indeed, so the sins of my mother should be ...that for a tricksie word Defie the matter: how cheer'st thou Iessica)
• Magazines referencing mothers (e.g., Mother Jones and Working Mother)
• Movies about mothers (e.g., Mommy Dearest, Don't Throw Momma From the Train and Big Momma's House)
• Phrases referencing mothers (e.g., "mother lode," "mother wit," and "mama mia!")
• Poetry referencing mothers [e.g., (Mother Hubbard (nursery rhyme)]
• Radio broadcast referencing Mother's Day: Roundup of the May 10 "Lisa Tolliver Show": filmmaker Emanuel Rund and film critic Joseph Dimyan celebrate the TFF and Mother's Day
• Songs honoring mothers [e.g., "I'll Always Love My Mama" (by The Intruders) and "Ave Maria")

Here's some advice: in addition to following the tip shared on last Wednesday's radio show (you can click here to read it), don't forget godmothers or stepmothers today!

Emergency Preparedness & Safety Tip #5: HURRICANE AWARENESS & SAFETY will broadcast on the May 24 "Lisa Tolliver Show" during National Hurricane Week

Emergency Preparedness Tip #5 from the Westchester Emergency Volunteers-Medical Reserve Corps (WEVR-MRC) addresses HURRICANE AWARENESS AND SAFETY. It could mean the difference between life and death during a disaster or emergency.

You may click here to read it. Or tune in on May 24 at 1:30-2:00 pm, Eastern Time to hear it on the Lisa Tolliver Show on New York Radio WVOX AM 1460 and www.wvox.com.

Emergency Preparedness & Safety Tips from WEVR-MRC are authored by Marianne Partridge, Program Manager of the Westchester Emergency Volunteer Reserves - Medical Reserve Corps (WEVR-MRC) at the Volunteer Center of the United Way. (I am a WEVR-MRC trainee). They are distributed on the Lisa Tolliver Show every 2nd and 4th Wednesday and are posted online at the Emergency Preparedness & Safety Tips blog.

To learn how to join WEVR-MRC or to contact the organization, you can call The Volunteer Center at 866-VOL-CALL or visit www.volunteer-center.org or westchestergov.com. ###

Roundup of the May 10 "Lisa Tolliver Show": filmmaker Emanuel Rund and film critic Joseph Dimyan celebrate the TFF and Mother's Day

ABSTRACT: As today's Lisa Tolliver Show promos indicated, today's topics were the Tribeca Film Festival 2006 (TFF) and Mother's Day.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY - On Film: "All the world's a stage," wrote William Shakespeare in 1600 (As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7). That observation holds true today, over 400 years later, as evidenced in the breadth of perspectives and stories screened at the Fifth Annual Tribeca Film Festival and other actual, virtual (online) and cable TV film extravaganzas that extend the modern meaning of the term "stage."

Cinematographer, Director, Writer, Consultant Emanuel Rund--in town selecting films for the Filmfest München) 2006--and Danbury News film critic Joseph Dimyan, Esq. joined me on the electronic "stage" known as the Lisa Tolliver Show to discuss the TFF. We also addressed some other film festivals of interest and shared a key resource for anything and everything you'd like to know (and more) about film festivals worldwide. FilmFestivals.com (Non-stop festivals), describes itself as a:

Searchable database of international film and television festivals. Listings include news, articles, interviews, film details, and multimedia.

A second Google search of "film festivals" returned this description for the site:

Major film festivals worldwide with daily news, movie info, columns, and city guides.

How to choose among the myriad of upcoming festivals? The answer depends on your tastes, geographic restrictions (if any), available time, budget and objectives. My ace boon coon, film maven Cheryl Dixon, arranges her work and vacation schedules to accommodate coverage of top international festivals in locations such as Cannes (Le Festival International du Film), London (The London Film Festival) and Venice (La Biennale di Venezia) and independent events such as the American Black Film Festival for the D.C. Film Society. Emanuel's profession requires attendance at top festivals; he noted that a core group of people tend to become acquainted on that international circuit. (It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it.) And then there are people like Joseph and me, whose day jobs limit our availability to immerse ourselves in film festivals as much as we'd like to.

If you fall into the latter category, the tools at FilmFestivals.com are especially valuable for selecting, prioritizing, and booking festival arrangements as well as for watching some movies online. You might also be interested in some recommendations we made on air for upcoming film festivals accessible in New York City. Filmmaker Emanuel's direction is the Sundance Institute at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) scheduled for May 11-21. Sundance, he said off the air, is one of the most important film festivals and screening and winning awards there opens many doors for filmmakers. Attorney Joseph made the case for attending the May 5-June 15 B Noir film festival at Film Forum. ("Click here for the "film noir" definition.) The broadcaster in the bunch suggested that those with cable TV check out the month-long Turner Classic Movies festival entitled, "Race & Hollywood: Black Images on Film." Additionally, film enthusiasts might enjoy watching the TFF online film shorts and other goodies that are the next best thing to being there. One can also watch movies at other film festival sites and at FilmFestivalsTV.com.

Upcoming Lisa Tolliver Show broadcasts will feature additional filmfest reportage from people with various roles throughout the filmfest pipeline. Examples include additional guest spots from Emanuel and Joseph, exhibitors and performers in the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair, Director and real-life "Sci-Fi Boy" Paul Davids, Seed magazine writer Pam Grossman, and more!

On Mother's Day: Sunday, May 14 is Mother's Day. Click here to read about the history of this holiday, which generates record-high telephone traffic. Common Mother's Day gifts include flowers, candy, perfume and jewelry. Other remembrances that many mothers appreciate are meals prepared by their families and home-made cards and gifts. Caution is in order when gifting moms with cooking or cleaning appliances: I would eschew any gift on that order unless it were requested. Emanuel (whose beloved mother was a Holocaust survivor) made a wonderful suggestion: how about gifting Mom with a trip to the movies or DVD? My mother's receiving from me a gift she's long requested: a Glamour Shots portrait of her favorite (only) daughter and something else that's a surprise. ###